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frontfired

frontfired is the simple past and past participle of frontfire.

Meaning of frontfire

Verb

frontfire (third-person singular simple present frontfires, present participle frontfiring, simple past and past participle frontfired)

  1. To have the intended effect.
    • Talking of backfire, frontfire or whatever, John Carroll can give it both barrels, and simultaneously.2002 August 18, Liam Griffin, “For the championship’s sake, it must be Tipp”, in Sunday Tribune (Dublin, Ireland)

Questions about frontfired

What is frontfired the simple past and past participle of?
Frontfired is the simple past and past participle of frontfire.

Words near frontfired in the dictionary

  1. fronters
  2. frontes
  3. frontest
  4. Frontex
  5. frontfire
  6. frontfired
  7. frontfires
  8. frontfiring
  9. frontflip
  10. frontflips
  11. frontgroup

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