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true up

true up verb: to make something true, equal, or correct, as for example by turning and facing a part on a lathe.

Verb

true up (third-person singular simple present trues up, present participle trueing up or truing up, simple past and past participle trued up)

  1. To make something true, equal, or correct, as for example by turning and facing a part on a lathe.
    • He trued up his faceplate before doing the next setup.
    • He trued up the brake discs and installed new pads.
  2. To make a wheel level, balanced or even by adjusting the spokes; to true a wheel; ideally, to make it perfectly circular in relation to the hub with no left or right bulges nor 'flat spots'.

Forms of true up

third-person singular presenttrues up
present participletrueing up
present participletruing up
past participletrued up
pasttrued up

Words formed from true up

Questions about true up

What does true up mean?
True up means to make something true, equal, or correct, as for example by turning and facing a part on a lathe.
What part of speech is true up?
True up is a verb.
What is the past tense of true up?
The past tense of true up is trued up.

Words near true up in the dictionary

  1. true to oneself
  2. true to seed
  3. true to type
  4. true toad
  5. true toads
  6. true up
  7. true vocal cord
  8. true weevil
  9. true weevils
  10. true yam
  11. true yams

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