Meanings
verbcoil up (third-person singular simple present coils up, present participle coiling up, simple past and past participle coiled up)
present singular third person coils up · participle present coiling up · participle past coiled up · past coiled up
- ambitransitiveidiomaticto make, or become, coiled
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APA
coil up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coil%20up
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“coil up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coil%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coil up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coil%20up.
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