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badge out

badge out verb: to leave a building by swiping an identification badge; to give up or cause to give up an identification badge when it is no longer needed.

Verb

badge out (third-person singular simple present badges out, present participle badging out, simple past and past participle badged out)

  1. (intransitive) To leave a building by swiping an identification badge; to give up or cause to give up an identification badge when it is no longer needed.
    • He badges out at five every day.
    • Since it's your last day, badge out with HR before you go home.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To add badge(s) to (something); to come to have badge(s).
    • Fraternity brothers are allowed badge out after they are officially inducted.

Forms of badge out

third-person singular presentbadges out
present participlebadging out
past participlebadged out
pastbadged out

Questions about badge out

What does badge out mean?
Badge out means to leave a building by swiping an identification badge; to give up or cause to give up an identification badge when it is no longer needed.
What part of speech is badge out?
Badge out is a verb.
What is the past tense of badge out?
The past tense of badge out is badged out.

Words near badge out in the dictionary

  1. Badge Night
  2. badge of honor
  3. badge of honour
  4. badge of merit
  5. badge of shame
  6. badge out
  7. badge up
  8. badge-cove
  9. badge-coves
  10. badged
  11. badged in

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