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tidied up

tidied up is the simple past and past participle of tidy up.

Meaning of tidy up

Verb

tidy up (third-person singular simple present tidies up, present participle tidying up, simple past and past participle tidied up)

  1. To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.
    • When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7

Questions about tidied up

What is tidied up the simple past and past participle of?
Tidied up is the simple past and past participle of tidy up.

Words near tidied up in the dictionary

  1. tidgy
  2. tidiable
  3. tidiacic
  4. tidied
  5. tidied one's sock drawer
  6. tidied up
  7. tidier
  8. tidiers
  9. tidies
  10. tidies one's sock drawer
  11. tidies up

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