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dances out

dances out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance out.

Meaning of dance out

Verb

dance out (third-person singular simple present dances out, present participle dancing out, simple past and past participle danced out)

  1. To reveal (a mystery) through dance; to express (something) by dancing; to act out in dance.
    • But this much all men know, that most people say of those who reveal the mysteries, that they "dance them out."1893, Andrew Lang, Custom and Myth, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 42

Questions about dances out

What is dances out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dances out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance out.

Words near dances out in the dictionary

  1. dances around
  2. dances attendance
  3. dances of the seven veils
  4. dances on nothing
  5. dances on someone's grave
  6. dances out
  7. dances the Tyburn jig
  8. dances to a different tune
  9. dances to a new tune
  10. dances to someone's tune
  11. dances upon nothing

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