Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables
po-lice up
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clean up an area or an item or person, usually in preparation for an inspection; to police an area for problems.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

polices up (present, singular) policing up (participle, present) policed up (participle, past) policed up (past)

Questions

What does police up mean?
To clean up an area or an item or person, usually in preparation for an inspection; to police an area for problems.

How to pronounce police up

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