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sweetened up

sweetened up is the simple past and past participle of sweeten up.

Meaning of sweeten up

Verb

sweeten up (third-person singular simple present sweetens up, present participle sweetening up, simple past and past participle sweetened up)

  1. (idiomatic) To make sweet to the taste.
    • I sweetened up the barbecue sauce by adding some sugar.

Questions about sweetened up

What is sweetened up the simple past and past participle of?
Sweetened up is the simple past and past participle of sweeten up.

Words near sweetened up in the dictionary

  1. sweeten the pot
  2. sweeten up
  3. sweetened
  4. sweetened the pill
  5. sweetened the pot
  6. sweetened up
  7. sweetener
  8. sweeteners
  9. sweetenesse
  10. sweetenest
  11. sweeteneth

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