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towel up

towel up verb: to thoroughly defeat an opponent in a fight or competition.

Verb

towel up (third-person singular simple present towels up, present participle (US) toweling up or (UK) towelling up, simple past and past participle (US) toweled up or (UK) towelled up)

  1. (Australia, transitive) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in a fight or competition.
  2. (transitive) To soak up water with a towel or to dry something or someone with a towel.
  3. (intransitive) To dry with a towel.
  4. (intransitive) To use a towel to clean.

Forms of towel up

third-person singular presenttowels up
present participle UStoweling up
present participle UKtowelling up
past participle UStoweled up
past UStoweled up
past participle UKtowelled up
past UKtowelled up

Questions about towel up

What does towel up mean?
Towel up means to thoroughly defeat an opponent in a fight or competition.
What part of speech is towel up?
Towel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of towel up?
The past tense of towel up is toweled up.

Words near towel up in the dictionary

  1. towel off
  2. towel rail
  3. towel rails
  4. towel snap
  5. towel snaps
  6. towel up
  7. towel-horse
  8. towel-horses
  9. toweled
  10. toweled down
  11. toweled off

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