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high-pressures

high-pressures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of high-pressure.

Meaning of high-pressure

Verb

high-pressure (third-person singular simple present high-pressures, present participle high-pressuring, simple past and past participle high-pressured)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure.

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Questions about high-pressures

What is high-pressures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
High-pressures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of high-pressure.

Words near high-pressures in the dictionary

  1. high-powered
  2. high-precision
  3. high-pressure
  4. high-pressure liquid chromatography
  5. high-pressured
  6. high-pressures
  7. high-pressuring
  8. high-priced
  9. high-priestly
  10. high-profile
  11. high-proof

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