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turtled up

turtled up is the simple past and past participle of turtle up.

Meaning of turtle up

Verb

turtle up (third-person singular simple present turtles up, present participle turtling up, simple past and past participle turtled up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be defensive or hypervigilant; to adopt a defensive posture; to avoid conflict

Questions about turtled up

What is turtled up the simple past and past participle of?
Turtled up is the simple past and past participle of turtle up.

Words near turtled up in the dictionary

  1. turtleback
  2. turtlebacks
  3. turtleburger
  4. turtled
  5. turtled down
  6. turtled up
  7. turtledom
  8. turtledove
  9. Turtledove Cay
  10. turtledoves
  11. turtleflesh

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