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scour up

scour up verb: to scour (something) thoroughly.

Verb

scour up (third-person singular simple present scours up, present participle scouring up, simple past and past participle scoured up)

  1. (transitive) To scour (something) thoroughly.

Forms of scour up

third-person singular presentscours up
present participlescouring up
past participlescoured up
pastscoured up

Questions about scour up

What does scour up mean?
Scour up means to scour (something) thoroughly.
What part of speech is scour up?
Scour up is a verb.
What is the past tense of scour up?
The past tense of scour up is scoured up.

Words near scour up in the dictionary

  1. scoundrels
  2. scoundrelship
  3. scour
  4. scour down
  5. scour out
  6. scour up
  7. scourability
  8. scourable
  9. scourage
  10. scourages
  11. scoured

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