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cry halves

cry halves verb: to claim a share equal to half of something.

Verb

cry halves (third-person singular simple present cries halves, present participle crying halves, simple past and past participle cried halves)

  1. To claim a share equal to half of something.

Forms of cry halves

third-person singular presentcries halves
present participlecrying halves
past participlecried halves
pastcried halves

Questions about cry halves

What does cry halves mean?
Cry halves means to claim a share equal to half of something.
What part of speech is cry halves?
Cry halves is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry halves?
The past tense of cry halves is cried halves.

Words near cry halves in the dictionary

  1. cry foul
  2. cry from the housetop
  3. cry from the housetops
  4. cry from the rooftop
  5. cry from the rooftops
  6. cry halves
  7. cry harder
  8. cry havoc
  9. cry in one's beer
  10. cry in the wilderness
  11. cry into one's beer

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