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bent it like Beckham

bent it like Beckham is the simple past and past participle of bend it like Beckham.

Meaning of bend it like Beckham

Verb

bend it like Beckham (third-person singular simple present bends it like Beckham, present participle bending it like Beckham, simple past and past participle bent it like Beckham)

  1. (intransitive) To kick a football (soccer ball), especially during a free kick, in a manner which causes it to move in a curve rather than in a straight line.
    • Bud [a dog] harried the ball across the garden. He dribbled it with his nose, bending it like Beckham.2002, Jenny Oldfield, “Saturday, May 26th”, in My Little Life: When Shah Went Weird, London: Hodder Children’s Books, Hodder Headline, →ISBN, page 37

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What is bent it like Beckham the simple past and past participle of?
Bent it like Beckham is the simple past and past participle of bend it like Beckham.

Words near bent it like Beckham in the dictionary

  1. bent forks
  2. bent function
  3. bent functions
  4. bent grass
  5. bent grasses
  6. bent it like Beckham
  7. bent on
  8. bent on a splice
  9. bent one off
  10. bent one's elbow
  11. bent over

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