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break shins

break shins verb: to borrow money.

Verb

break shins (third-person singular simple present breaks shins, present participle breaking shins, simple past broke shins, past participle broken shins)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To borrow money.

Forms of break shins

third-person singular presentbreaks shins
present participlebreaking shins
pastbroke shins
past participlebroken shins

Questions about break shins

What does break shins mean?
Break shins means to borrow money.
What part of speech is break shins?
Break shins is a verb.
What is the past tense of break shins?
The past tense of break shins is broke shins.

Words near break shins in the dictionary

  1. break reality
  2. break rigor
  3. break room
  4. break rooms
  5. break sheer
  6. break shins
  7. break silence
  8. break someone's back
  9. break someone's balls
  10. break someone's face
  11. break someone's heart

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