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Hoover up meaning

Hoover up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to remove material from a floor or surface with a vacuum cleaner.

Past simple
hoovered up
Past participle
hoovered up
-ing form
hoovering up

What hoover up means

vacuum from surfaceB1

To remove material from a floor or surface with a vacuum cleaner

Please hoover up the crumbs under the table.

1 more meaning of hoover up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.

Common questions

What does hoover up mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to remove material from a floor or surface with a vacuum cleaner. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of hoover up?

Hoovered up, which is also its past participle.

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