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had sex

had sex is the simple past and past participle of have sex.

Meaning of have sex

Verb

have sex (third-person singular simple present has sex, present participle having sex, simple past and past participle had sex)

  1. To engage in sex.
    • You do not need much space to have sex. That was the feisty rejoinder from Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo […] to a question on whether young people are not getting their flats early enough to have children.2016 October 12, Janice Tai, “You don't need much space to have sex: Josephine Teo on ‘no flat, no child’ belief”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2017
  2. To engage in any sexual act.
    • Two Eagles fans were arrested for having sex in the restroom stall.

Questions about had sex

What is had sex the simple past and past participle of?
Had sex is the simple past and past participle of have sex.

Words near had sex in the dictionary

  1. had second thoughts
  2. had seen one's day
  3. had seen one's last gum tree
  4. had seen this film
  5. had seen this movie
  6. had sex
  7. had sexual relations
  8. had shit on
  9. had someone by the balls
  10. had someone by the short and curlies
  11. had someone by the short hairs

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