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forlat

forlat verb: to deal a blow; hit out.

Verb

forlat (third-person singular simple present forlats, present participle forlatting, simple past forleet or forlut, past participle forlatten or forlutten)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To deal a blow; hit out.

Forms of forlat

third-person singular presentforlats
present participleforlatting
pastforleet
pastforlut
past participleforlatten
past participleforlutten

Origin of forlat

From for- + lat (“to let”).

Questions about forlat

What does forlat mean?
Forlat means to deal a blow; hit out.
What part of speech is forlat?
Forlat is a verb.
What is the past tense of forlat?
The past tense of forlat is forleet.

Words near forlat in the dictionary

  1. forlagen
  2. forlaid
  3. forlain
  4. forlana
  5. forlanas
  6. forlat
  7. forlats
  8. forlay
  9. forlaying
  10. forlays
  11. forlead

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