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trues up

trues up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 trues up

What is trues up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trues up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of true up.

Words near trues up in the dictionary

  1. trueness
  2. truepennies
  3. truepenny
  4. truer
  5. trues
  6. trues up
  7. Truesdale
  8. Truesdales
  9. Truesdell
  10. Truesdells
  11. truesome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trues 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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