fellow-travel
fellow-travel verb: to sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.
Verb
fellow-travel (third-person singular simple present fellow-travels, present participle (US) fellow-traveling or (UK) fellow-travelling, simple past and past participle (US) fellow-traveled or (UK) fellow-travelled)
- To sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.
- […] to "fellow-travel" with the Communists. They "travelled" recently round a very sharp bend, with those journalists of Pravda who in February last accused "doctors in high places" of the murder of Zhdanov and General Sherbakov […]1953, Free Labour World, page 2
Forms of fellow-travel
| third-person singular present | fellow-travels |
|---|---|
| present participle US | fellow-traveling |
| present participle UK | fellow-travelling |
| past participle US | fellow-traveled |
| past US | fellow-traveled |
| past participle UK | fellow-travelled |
| past UK | fellow-travelled |
Origin of fellow-travel
Back-formation from fellow traveller.
Questions about fellow-travel
- What does fellow-travel mean?
- Fellow-travel means to sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.
- What part of speech is fellow-travel?
- Fellow-travel is a verb.
- What is the past tense of fellow-travel?
- The past tense of fellow-travel is fellow-traveled.
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