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summon up

summon up verb: to look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.

Verb

summon up (third-person singular simple present summons up, present participle summoning up, simple past and past participle summoned up)

  1. To look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.
    • I summoned up all my remaining willpower.

Synonyms of summon up

Forms of summon up

third-person singular presentsummons up
present participlesummoning up
past participlesummoned up
pastsummoned up

Questions about summon up

What does summon up mean?
Summon up means to look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.
What part of speech is summon up?
Summon up is a verb.
What is the past tense of summon up?
The past tense of summon up is summoned up.

Words near summon up in the dictionary

  1. Summitville
  2. summity
  3. summon
  4. summon auntie
  5. summon aunties
  6. summon up
  7. summonable
  8. summonables
  9. summoned
  10. summoned up
  11. summonedst

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