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given someone Hail Columbia

given someone Hail Columbia is the past participle of give someone Hail Columbia.

Meaning of give someone Hail Columbia

Verb

give someone Hail Columbia (third-person singular simple present gives someone Hail Columbia, present participle giving someone Hail Columbia, simple past gave someone Hail Columbia, past participle given someone Hail Columbia)

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal, transitive) To scold someone severely.
    • The teacher gave her students Hail Columbia over their poor test scores.

Questions about given someone Hail Columbia

What is given someone Hail Columbia the past participle of?
Given someone Hail Columbia is the past participle of give someone Hail Columbia.

Words near given someone Hail Columbia in the dictionary

  1. given someone five
  2. given someone goss
  3. given someone gray hair
  4. given someone grey hair
  5. given someone grief
  6. given someone Hail Columbia
  7. given someone hell
  8. given someone his gruel
  9. given someone his hat
  10. given someone Jesse
  11. given someone Jessie

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