tense up in English

Forms: tenses up [present, singular, third-person], tensing up [participle, present], tensed up [participle, past], tensed up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tense up (third-person singular simple present tenses up, present participle tensing up, simple past and past participle tensed up)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) to become tense"
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"tense up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms