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broke wedlock

broke wedlock is the simple past of break wedlock.

Meaning of break wedlock

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.

Questions about broke wedlock

What is broke wedlock the simple past of?
Broke wedlock is the simple past of break wedlock.

Words near broke wedlock in the dictionary

  1. broke the wheel
  2. broke through
  3. broke up
  4. broke upon the wheel
  5. broke water
  6. broke wedlock
  7. broke wind
  8. broke with
  9. broke with tradition
  10. broke-ass
  11. broke-asses

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