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break wedlock

break wedlock verb: to commit adultery.

Verb

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

  1. To commit adultery.

Forms of break wedlock

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

Questions about break wedlock

What does break wedlock mean?
Break wedlock means to commit adultery.
What part of speech is break wedlock?
Break wedlock is a verb.
What is the past tense of break wedlock?
The past tense of break wedlock is broke wedlock.

Words near break wedlock in the dictionary

  1. break times
  2. break up
  3. break upon the wheel
  4. break ups
  5. break water
  6. break wedlock
  7. break wind
  8. break with
  9. break with tradition
  10. break-ax
  11. break-axe

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