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sacking up

sacking up is the present participle and gerund of sack up.

Meaning of sack up

Verb

sack up (third-person singular simple present sacks up, present participle sacking up, simple past and past participle sacked up)

  1. (transitive) To put (something) in a sack.
  2. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To force oneself to become more manly; to toughen up or man up.

Questions about sacking up

What is sacking up the present participle and gerund of?
Sacking up is the present participle and gerund of sack up.

Words near sacking up in the dictionary

  1. sackhole
  2. sackholes
  3. sacking
  4. sacking off
  5. sacking out
  6. sacking up
  7. sackings
  8. Sackler
  9. Sacklers
  10. sackless
  11. sacklike

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