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has an accident

has an accident is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have an accident.

Meaning of have an accident

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To urinate or defecate somewhere other than a toilet.
    • Michael had an accident at the playground. I had to take him home and change his clothes.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, accident.
    • Michael had an accident on the highway. His car was destroyed.

Questions about has an accident

What is has an accident the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has an accident is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have an accident.

Words near has an accident in the dictionary

  1. has a wild hair to
  2. has a word
  3. has a word in someone's ear
  4. has a word with oneself
  5. has against
  6. has an accident
  7. has an affair
  8. has an easy time of it
  9. has an eye for
  10. has an in
  11. has another thing coming

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