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beaten the bounds

beaten the bounds is the past participle of beat the bounds.

Meaning of beat the bounds

Verb

beat the bounds (third-person singular simple present beats the bounds, present participle beating the bounds, simple past beat the bounds, past participle beaten the bounds)

  1. To trace out the boundaries of a parish in a periodic survey or perambulation.

Questions about beaten the bounds

What is beaten the bounds the past participle of?
Beaten the bounds is the past participle of beat the bounds.

Words near beaten the bounds in the dictionary

  1. beaten someone's brains out
  2. beaten someone's time
  3. beaten the air
  4. beaten the bat
  5. beaten the bishop
  6. beaten the bounds
  7. beaten the bushes
  8. beaten the clock
  9. beaten the cock
  10. beaten the crowd
  11. beaten the daylights out of

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