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given the dirts

given the dirts is the past participle of give the dirts.

Meaning of give the dirts

Verb

give the dirts (third-person singular simple present gives the dirts, present participle giving the dirts, simple past gave the dirts, past participle given the dirts)

  1. To verbally abuse.
    • You write about the 'fray,' From some place far away, You're giving us what Tommy calls the 'dirts.' With your 'majesty of war', and our 'eagerness for more', Remember that this sort of rubbish hurts.2009, Patrick Deer, Culture in Camouflage: War, Empire, and Modern British Literature, →ISBN

Questions about given the dirts

What is given the dirts the past participle of?
Given the dirts is the past participle of give the dirts.

Words near given the dirts in the dictionary

  1. given that
  2. given the ax
  3. given the axe
  4. given the bird
  5. given the devil his due
  6. given the dirts
  7. given the elbow
  8. given the finger
  9. given the floor
  10. given the game away
  11. given the lie

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