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tenses up

tenses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tense up.

Meaning of tense up

Verb

tense up (third-person singular simple present tenses up, present participle tensing up, simple past and past participle tensed up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To become tense.

Questions about tenses up

What is tenses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tenses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tense up.

Words near tenses up in the dictionary

  1. tensenesses
  2. tensening
  3. tensens
  4. tenser
  5. tenses
  6. tenses up
  7. tensest
  8. tensibility
  9. tensible
  10. tenside
  11. tensides

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