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bandied around

bandied around is the simple past and past participle of bandy around.

Meaning of bandy around

Verb

bandy around (third-person singular simple present bandies around, present participle bandying around, simple past and past participle bandied around)

  1. To talk about something with others, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter.
    • There are a lot of different figures being bandied around, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet.
    Synonyms:
    bandy about

Questions about bandied around

What is bandied around the simple past and past participle of?
Bandied around is the simple past and past participle of bandy around.

Words near bandied around in the dictionary

  1. bandicooting
  2. bandicoots
  3. bandicoy
  4. bandied
  5. bandied about
  6. bandied around
  7. bandied words
  8. bandier
  9. bandiers
  10. bandies
  11. bandies about

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