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trim up

trim up verb: to put up trimmings, especially at Christmas.

Verb

trim up (third-person singular simple present trims up, present participle trimming up, simple past and past participle trimmed up)

  1. (UK, informal) To put up trimmings, especially at Christmas.
    • "Have you trimmed up yet?"

Forms of trim up

third-person singular presenttrims up
present participletrimming up
past participletrimmed up
pasttrimmed up

Questions about trim up

What does trim up mean?
Trim up means to put up trimmings, especially at Christmas.
What part of speech is trim up?
Trim up is a verb.
What is the past tense of trim up?
The past tense of trim up is trimmed up.

Words near trim up in the dictionary

  1. trim party
  2. trim tab
  3. trim tabs
  4. trim trail
  5. trim trails
  6. trim up
  7. trim-tram
  8. trim-trams
  9. trimac
  10. trimac cichlid
  11. trimac cichlids

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