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hike the Appalachian Trail

hike the Appalachian Trail verb: to engage in an extramarital affair.

Verb

hike the Appalachian Trail (third-person singular simple present hikes the Appalachian Trail, present participle hiking the Appalachian Trail, simple past and past participle hiked the Appalachian Trail)

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic) To engage in an extramarital affair.

Forms of hike the Appalachian Trail

third-person singular presenthikes the Appalachian Trail
present participlehiking the Appalachian Trail
past participlehiked the Appalachian Trail
pasthiked the Appalachian Trail

Origin of hike the Appalachian Trail

Referring to the excuse given by the spokesperson of the former Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford during his disappearance from June 18 to June 24, 2009. Upon returning from his absence, Governor Sanford gave a press conference and confessed to having travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to visit a woman with whom he had been having an extramarital affair.

Questions about hike the Appalachian Trail

What does hike the Appalachian Trail mean?
Hike the Appalachian Trail means to engage in an extramarital affair.
What part of speech is hike the Appalachian Trail?
Hike the Appalachian Trail is a verb.
What is the past tense of hike the Appalachian Trail?
The past tense of hike the Appalachian Trail is hiked the Appalachian Trail.

Words near hike the Appalachian Trail in the dictionary

  1. Hikan'dhirahaa
  2. Hikari
  3. Hikaru
  4. hike
  5. hike out
  6. hike the Appalachian Trail
  7. hike up
  8. hikeable
  9. hikeathon
  10. hikeathons
  11. hiked

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