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buck down

buck down verb: to defeat (someone) in a challenge; to beat up or destroy (someone).

Verb

buck down (third-person singular simple present bucks down, present participle bucking down, simple past and past participle bucked down)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To defeat (someone) in a challenge; to beat up or destroy (someone).

Forms of buck down

third-person singular presentbucks down
present participlebucking down
past participlebucked down
pastbucked down

Questions about buck down

What does buck down mean?
Buck down means to defeat (someone) in a challenge; to beat up or destroy (someone).
What part of speech is buck down?
Buck down is a verb.
What is the past tense of buck down?
The past tense of buck down is bucked down.

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