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focus pocus

focus pocus verb: to focus with intense concentration or effort.

Verb

focus pocus (third-person singular simple present focus pocuses, present participle focus pocusing, simple past and past participle focus pocused)

  1. (colloquial) To focus with intense concentration or effort.
    • Tonight, I'm going to focus pocus on my homework so I can get an A for my test.

Forms of focus pocus

third-person singular presentfocus pocuses
present participlefocus pocusing
past participlefocus pocused
pastfocus pocused

Origin of focus pocus

Derived from hocus pocus and the word focus.

Questions about focus pocus

What does focus pocus mean?
Focus pocus means to focus with intense concentration or effort.
What part of speech is focus pocus?
Focus pocus is a verb.
What is the past tense of focus pocus?
The past tense of focus pocus is focus pocused.

Words near focus pocus in the dictionary

  1. focsle
  2. focsles
  3. focus
  4. focus group
  5. focus groups
  6. focus pocus
  7. focus puller
  8. focus pullers
  9. focus-group
  10. focus-grouped
  11. focus-grouping

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