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burns rubber

burns rubber is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn rubber.

Meaning of burn rubber

Verb

burn rubber (third-person singular simple present burns rubber, present participle burning rubber, simple past and past participle burned rubber or burnt rubber)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
    • “We’re rammed to the gills with foreigners doing mad shit. You can’t do this to Irish people. I’m getting out of this country, I’m burning rubber. It’s not safe to walk around here.”2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To move quickly; to go or leave quickly.

Questions about burns rubber

What is burns rubber the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Burns rubber is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn rubber.

Words near burns rubber in the dictionary

  1. burns one's bridges
  2. burns one's fingers
  3. burns one's toast
  4. burns out
  5. burns pavement
  6. burns rubber
  7. burns someone at the stake
  8. burns someone's ass
  9. burns someone's ears
  10. Burns stanza
  11. Burns stanzas

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