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crash in

crash in verb: to appear uninvited at a party or other event.

Verb

crash in (third-person singular simple present crashes in, present participle crashing in, simple past and past participle crashed in)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To appear uninvited at a party or other event.
    • The dancing was winding down when she crashed in.
  2. To come in with a crashing sound.
    • A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141

Forms of crash in

third-person singular presentcrashes in
present participlecrashing in
past participlecrashed in
pastcrashed in

Questions about crash in

What does crash in mean?
Crash in means to appear uninvited at a party or other event.
What part of speech is crash in?
Crash in is a verb.
What is the past tense of crash in?
The past tense of crash in is crashed in.

Words near crash in in the dictionary

  1. crash gearbox
  2. crash gearboxes
  3. crash helmet
  4. crash helmets
  5. crash hot
  6. crash in
  7. crash land
  8. crash landed
  9. crash landing
  10. crash landings
  11. crash lands

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