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winning up

winning up is the present participle and gerund of win up.

Meaning of win up

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

Questions about winning up

What is winning up the present participle and gerund of?
Winning up is the present participle and gerund of win up.

Words near winning up in the dictionary

  1. winning streaks
  2. winning the battle, but losing the war
  3. winning the day
  4. winning the lottery
  5. winning through
  6. winning up
  7. winning ways
  8. winninger
  9. winningest
  10. Winningham
  11. Winninghams

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