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trued up

trued up is the simple past and past participle of true up.

Meaning of true up

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.
  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'.

Questions about trued up

What is trued up the simple past and past participle of?
Trued up is the simple past and past participle of true up.

Words near trued up in the dictionary

  1. truecel
  2. truecels
  3. truechimer
  4. truechimers
  5. trued
  6. trued up
  7. truefan
  8. truefans
  9. truefen
  10. trueful
  11. truefully

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trued up (page history and authors); true up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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