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single up

single up verb: to act alone.

Verb

single up (third-person singular simple present singles up, present participle singling up, simple past and past participle singled up)

  1. To act alone.
  2. (Naval) To remove one loop of a double-loop rope connecting a ship to a pier in preparation for departure.

Forms of single up

third-person singular presentsingles up
present participlesingling up
past participlesingled up
pastsingled up

Questions about single up

What does single up mean?
Single up means to act alone.
What part of speech is single up?
Single up is a verb.
What is the past tense of single up?
The past tense of single up is singled up.

Words near single up in the dictionary

  1. single transferable votes
  2. single tree
  3. single trees
  4. single union agreement
  5. single union agreements
  6. single up
  7. single wicket
  8. single wicket cricket
  9. single yellow line
  10. single yellow lines
  11. Single's Day

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