REDDING (UP OR OUT) Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

redding (up or out)

verb

Definition of redding (up or out)

present participle of redd (up or out), chiefly dialect

as in trimming

to make neat it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated

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Rather than just trimming stems and plopping them in a vase, reflexing plays with the form of the flower by gently folding petals backwards to open up the bloom.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Even the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are still sitting on a huge haul of future draft capital, had to start trimming their supporting cast this offseason because Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams’ max extensions kicked in.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of trimming

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The director of the 2028 iteration of the Aichi Triennale, one of the largest international art festivals in Japan, will be Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, the event’s organizing committee announced on Friday.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026
In April, Ukraine imposed sanctions on five Russian cultural figures involved in organizing the country’s contribution.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

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In an Instagram Story shared on her official page, the Duchess of Sussex could be seen slicing strawberries into heart shapes and arranging them on a red swirl bagel with a pink spread.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Hamilton devoted herself to making sense of the stories, arranging them in some kind of order and sequence, ironing out contradictions.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

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