soap up in English

Forms: soaps up [present, singular, third-person], soaping up [participle, present], soaped up [participle, past], soaped up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} soap up (third-person singular simple present soaps up, present participle soaping up, simple past and past participle soaped up)

Inflected forms

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        "To cover (something) in soap lather."
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"soap up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms