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gavel out

gavel out verb: to bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.

Verb

gavel out (third-person singular simple present gavels out, present participle (US) gaveling out or (UK) gavelling out, simple past and past participle (US) gaveled out or (UK) gavelled out)

  1. To bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.
    • After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.2023 June 10, Patricia Murphy, “OPINION: ‘Atlanta way’ long gone as city leaders face death threats over training center”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Forms of gavel out

third-person singular presentgavels out
present participle USgaveling out
present participle UKgavelling out
past participle USgaveled out
past USgaveled out
past participle UKgavelled out
past UKgavelled out

Questions about gavel out

What does gavel out mean?
Gavel out means to bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.
What part of speech is gavel out?
Gavel out is a verb.
What is the past tense of gavel out?
The past tense of gavel out is gaveled out.

Words near gavel out in the dictionary

  1. gave weight
  2. gave what for
  3. gave with one hand and took away with the other
  4. gave zero fucks
  5. gavel
  6. gavel out
  7. gavel to order
  8. gavel-to-gavel
  9. gaveled
  10. gaveled out
  11. gaveled to order

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