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arm-wrestled

arm-wrestled is the simple past and past participle of arm-wrestle.

Meaning of arm-wrestle

Verb

arm-wrestle (third-person singular simple present arm-wrestles, present participle arm-wrestling, simple past and past participle arm-wrestled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To compete in an arm-wrestle (with).
    Synonyms:
    pull wrists
  2. (ambitransitive, broadly) To struggle (with) for dominance.
    • Unable to give any answer, Benhur finds himself being arm-wrestled on both sides; he feels like a boy with them, unscathed as yet by Tuesday morning in Constitutional Law1996, Linda Ty-Casper, DreamEden, →ISBN, page 318

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Questions about arm-wrestled

What is arm-wrestled the simple past and past participle of?
Arm-wrestled is the simple past and past participle of arm-wrestle.

Words near arm-wrestled in the dictionary

  1. arm-twisters
  2. arm-twisting
  3. arm-twistings
  4. arm-twists
  5. arm-wrestle
  6. arm-wrestled
  7. arm-wrestler
  8. arm-wrestlers
  9. arm-wrestles
  10. arm-wrestling
  11. Arm.

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