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chucking the deuces

chucking the deuces is the present participle and gerund of chuck the deuces.

Meaning of chuck the deuces

Verb

chuck the deuces (third-person singular simple present chucks the deuces, present participle chucking the deuces, simple past and past participle chucked the deuces)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To choose to separate from somebody; to leave another person or group.
    • I was standing right in front of the man that abandoned me. […] He chose to chuck the deuces to an infant. I didn't have sympathy for this man.2021, Lolah Lace, The Boss Lady 3
    Synonyms:
    say goodbye

Questions about chucking the deuces

What is chucking the deuces the present participle and gerund of?
Chucking the deuces is the present participle and gerund of chuck the deuces.

Words near chucking the deuces in the dictionary

  1. chucking it up
  2. chucking off
  3. chucking one's toys out of the cot
  4. chucking out
  5. chucking over
  6. chucking the deuces
  7. chucking up
  8. chucking up the sponge
  9. chucking-out time
  10. chuckingly
  11. chuckings

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