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bars out

bars out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bar out.

Meaning of bar out

Verb

bar out (third-person singular simple present bars out, present participle barring out, simple past and past participle barred out)

  1. (literally, transitive) To keep (someone or something) from entering.
  2. (obsolete) To shut a teacher out of the classroom as a prank.
    • Not schoolboys at a barring out
      Rais’d ever such incessant rout1728, The Journal of a Modern Lady, Jonathan Swift
    Synonyms:
    outbar

Questions about bars out

What is bars out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bars out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bar out.

Words near bars out in the dictionary

  1. barré
  2. bars
  3. bars down
  4. bars of chocolate
  5. bars off
  6. bars out
  7. bars sinister
  8. bars up
  9. bars-sinister
  10. Barsabe
  11. Barsac

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