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have an accident

have an accident verb: to urinate or defecate somewhere other than a toilet.

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.

Forms of have an accident

third-person singular presenthas an accident
present participlehaving an accident
past participlehad an accident
pasthad an accident

Questions about have an accident

What does have an accident mean?
Have an accident means to urinate or defecate somewhere other than a toilet.
What part of speech is have an accident?
Have an accident is a verb.
What is the past tense of have an accident?
The past tense of have an accident is had an accident.

Words near have an accident in the dictionary

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

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