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bottom-lined

bottom-lined is the simple past and past participle of bottom-line.

Meaning of bottom-line

Verb

bottom-line (third-person singular simple present bottom-lines, present participle bottom-lining, simple past and past participle bottom-lined)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To set a minimum acceptable rule, boundary, or condition for (someone).
    • Thanks to Kim, her husband is also living a sober, productive life. When he came to visit her at the hospital one day, she "bottom-lined" him.1987, Engage/Social Action, volume 15, page 33
  2. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To provide a summary or the result; to provide the most important or relevant information.
    • Anyway, bottom lining it: Sunnis and other extremists are targeting and killing civilians along with Iraqi Security Forces.2012, David Abrams, Fobbit, A Novel

Questions about bottom-lined

What is bottom-lined the simple past and past participle of?
Bottom-lined is the simple past and past participle of bottom-line.

Words near bottom-lined in the dictionary

  1. bottom-feeding
  2. bottom-fishing
  3. bottom-hat transform
  4. bottom-hat transforms
  5. bottom-line
  6. bottom-lined
  7. bottom-lines
  8. bottom-lining
  9. bottom-most
  10. bottom-of-the-harbour
  11. bottom-of-the-line

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