"cable up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cables up [present, singular, third-person], cabling up [participle, present], cabled up [participle, past], cabled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cable up (third-person singular simple present cables up, present participle cabling up, simple past and past participle cabled up)
  1. (transitive) To connect by inserting or installing a cable. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cable_up-en-verb-HJURzXSv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cable up meaning in English (1.3kB)

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