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bandy around

bandy around verb: to talk about something with others, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter.

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

Synonyms of bandy around

Forms of bandy around

third-person singular presentbandies around
present participlebandying around
past participlebandied around
pastbandied around

Questions about bandy around

What does bandy around mean?
Bandy around means to talk about something with others, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter.
What part of speech is bandy around?
Bandy around is a verb.
What is the past tense of bandy around?
The past tense of bandy around is bandied around.

Words near bandy around in the dictionary

  1. bandwings
  2. bandwith
  3. bandwork
  4. bandy
  5. bandy about
  6. bandy around
  7. bandy words
  8. bandy-bandies
  9. bandy-bandy
  10. bandy-coot
  11. bandy-coots

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