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tallying up

tallying up is the present participle and gerund of tally up.

Meaning of tally up

Verb

tally up (third-person singular simple present tallies up, present participle tallying up, simple past and past participle tallied up)

  1. (transitive) To count or sum; to add up.
    • When we tallied up the scores at the end of the game, we were surprised to find that Jack was the overall winner.

Questions about tallying up

What is tallying up the present participle and gerund of?
Tallying up is the present participle and gerund of tally up.

Words near tallying up in the dictionary

  1. tallyhoes
  2. tallyhoing
  3. tallyhos
  4. tallying
  5. tallying on
  6. tallying up
  7. tallyman
  8. tallymen
  9. tallyshop
  10. tallyshops
  11. tallysomycin

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