ruffle up in English

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    {
      "form": "ruffles up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "form": "ruffled up",
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        "To disturb the smoothness of."
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        "(transitive) To disturb the smoothness of."
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          "word": "rumple"
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "word": "mess up"
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "word": "toruffle"
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        "To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange"
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        "(transitive) To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ruffle up"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English verbs"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "ruffled up",
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        "past"
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        "To disturb the smoothness of."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To disturb the smoothness of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange"
      ],
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          "destroy"
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          "ruin",
          "ruin"
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        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
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          "disarrange",
          "disarrange"
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        "(transitive) To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rumple"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess up"
    },
    {
      "word": "toruffle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ruffle up"
}

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"ruffle up" meaning in English

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