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win up

win up verb: to get back on one's feet.

Verb

win up (third-person singular simple present wins up, present participle winning up, simple past and past participle won up)

  1. (obsolete) To get back on one's feet.
    • And so they ran togydirs so myghtyly that ayther smote other downe, horse and all, to the erth; and than they wan up lyghtly, and drewe swerdys and dressed their shyldis […]1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X

Forms of win up

third-person singular presentwins up
present participlewinning up
past participlewon up
pastwon up

Questions about win up

What does win up mean?
Win up means to get back on one's feet.
What part of speech is win up?
Win up is a verb.
What is the past tense of win up?
The past tense of win up is won up.

Words near win up in the dictionary

  1. win someone's heart
  2. win the battle, but lose the war
  3. win the day
  4. win the lottery
  5. win through
  6. win up
  7. win-win
  8. Win10
  9. Win11
  10. Win16
  11. Win2000

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