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weaken up

weaken up verb: to become or make (something) weaker.

Verb

weaken up (third-person singular simple present weakens up, present participle weakening up, simple past and past participle weakened up)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To become or make (something) weaker.

Forms of weaken up

third-person singular presentweakens up
present participleweakening up
past participleweakened up
pastweakened up

Questions about weaken up

What does weaken up mean?
Weaken up means to become or make (something) weaker.
What part of speech is weaken up?
Weaken up is a verb.
What is the past tense of weaken up?
The past tense of weaken up is weakened up.

Words near weaken up in the dictionary

  1. weak-sighted
  2. weak-willed
  3. weakbrained
  4. weake
  5. weaken
  6. weaken up
  7. weakened
  8. weakened up
  9. weakener
  10. weakeners
  11. weakenes

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