heighten up in English

Forms: heightens up [present, singular, third-person], heightening up [participle, present], heightened up [participle, past], heightened up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} heighten up (third-person singular simple present heightens up, present participle heightening up, simple past and past participle heightened up)

Inflected forms

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"heighten up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms