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scrubbed up

scrubbed up is the simple past and past participle of scrub up.

Meaning of scrub up

Verb

scrub up (third-person singular simple present scrubs up, present participle scrubbing up, simple past and past participle scrubbed up)

  1. To clean or wash by scrubbing.
    • I got the counter scrubbed up before moving on to the floors.
    Synonyms:
    scrub, scrub down
    1. Synonym of scrub in (To thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.)
      • It's time to start scrubbing up for my next surgery.
  2. (UK, informal) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, such as for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
    • He scrubs up well.

Adjective

scrubbed up (comparative more scrubbed up, superlative most scrubbed up)

  1. (New Zealand, UK) Cleaned up; dressed up; having been made smart (Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable).

Forms of scrubbed up

comparativemore scrubbed up
superlativemost scrubbed up

Questions about scrubbed up

What does scrubbed up mean?
Scrubbed up means cleaned up; dressed up; having been made smart (Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable).
What is scrubbed up the simple past and past participle of?
Scrubbed up is the simple past and past participle of scrub up.
What part of speech is scrubbed up?
Scrubbed up is an adjective.

Words near scrubbed up in the dictionary

  1. scrubbable
  2. scrubbed
  3. scrubbed down
  4. scrubbed in
  5. scrubbed out
  6. scrubbed up
  7. scrubber
  8. scrubbers
  9. scrubbie
  10. scrubbier
  11. scrubbies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrubbed up (page history and authors); scrub up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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