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trimming up

trimming up is the present participle and gerund of trim up.

Meaning of trim up

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?"

Questions about trimming up

What is trimming up the present participle and gerund of?
Trimming up is the present participle and gerund of trim up.

Words near trimming up in the dictionary

  1. trimmigrants
  2. trimmin'
  3. trimming
  4. trimming down to size
  5. trimming one's sails
  6. trimming up
  7. trimmingly
  8. trimmings
  9. Trimms
  10. trimnasium
  11. trimnasiums

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