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trained up

trained up is the simple past and past participle of train up.

Meaning of train up

Verb

train up (third-person singular simple present trains up, present participle training up, simple past and past participle trained up)

  1. (transitive) To train or educate.
    • “I am impressed, young Frank,” began the master criminal. “Breaking into my house in the dead of night. You are a boy after my own heart. You need to come and live here with me and your mother. I could be the father you never had. I could train you up. Teach you everything I know. You could become...2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Questions about trained up

What is trained up the simple past and past participle of?
Trained up is the simple past and past participle of train up.

Words near trained up in the dictionary

  1. traincrew
  2. traincrews
  3. traineau
  4. traineaus
  5. trained
  6. trained up
  7. trainee
  8. trainees
  9. traineeship
  10. traineeships
  11. trainel

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