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gavel to order

gavel to order verb: to initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.

Forms of gavel to order

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

Questions about gavel to order

What does gavel to order mean?
Gavel to order means to initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.
What part of speech is gavel to order?
Gavel to order is a verb.
What is the past tense of gavel to order?
The past tense of gavel to order is gaveled to order.

Words near gavel to order in the dictionary

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

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