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tumbling up

tumbling up is the present participle and gerund of tumble up.

Meaning of tumble up

Verb

tumble up (third-person singular simple present tumbles up, present participle tumbling up, simple past and past participle tumbled up)

  1. (intransitive) To get out of bed.
  2. (transitive) To throw into confusion.

Questions about tumbling up

What is tumbling up the present participle and gerund of?
Tumbling up is the present participle and gerund of tumble up.

Words near tumbling up in the dictionary

  1. tumbling mill
  2. tumbling mills
  3. tumbling on
  4. tumbling to
  5. tumbling together
  6. tumbling up
  7. tumblingly
  8. tumblings
  9. Tumblong
  10. tumblr
  11. Tumblr sexyman

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