"fasten up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fastens up [present, singular, third-person], fastening up [participle, present], fastened up [participle, past], fastened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fasten up (third-person singular simple present fastens up, present participle fastening up, simple past and past participle fastened up)
  1. (transitive) To fasten or attach Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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