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scuff up

scuff up verb: to make scuffed; to give a scuffed texture to.

Verb

scuff up (third-person singular simple present scuffs up, present participle scuffing up, simple past and past participle scuffed up)

  1. (transitive) To make scuffed; to give a scuffed texture to.

Forms of scuff up

third-person singular presentscuffs up
present participlescuffing up
past participlescuffed up
pastscuffed up

Questions about scuff up

What does scuff up mean?
Scuff up means to make scuffed; to give a scuffed texture to.
What part of speech is scuff up?
Scuff up is a verb.
What is the past tense of scuff up?
The past tense of scuff up is scuffed up.

Words near scuff up in the dictionary

  1. scudos
  2. scuds
  3. scuff
  4. scuff mark
  5. scuff marks
  6. scuff up
  7. scuffball
  8. scuffballs
  9. scuffed
  10. scuffed up
  11. scuffer

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