ripen up

verb

to ripen; become ripe

Meanings

verbripen up (third-person singular simple present ripens up, present participle ripening up, simple past and past participle ripened up)

present singular third person ripens up · participle present ripening up · participle past ripened up · past ripened up

  1. idiomaticintransitiveto ripen; become ripe

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