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house-arrest

house-arrest verb: to put on house arrest; to legally confine someone to their house.

Verb

house-arrest (third-person singular simple present house-arrests, present participle house-arresting, simple past and past participle house-arrested)

  1. To put on house arrest; to legally confine someone to their house.

Forms of house-arrest

third-person singular presenthouse-arrests
present participlehouse-arresting
past participlehouse-arrested
pasthouse-arrested

Questions about house-arrest

What does house-arrest mean?
House-arrest means to put on house arrest; to legally confine someone to their house.
What part of speech is house-arrest?
House-arrest is a verb.
What is the past tense of house-arrest?
The past tense of house-arrest is house-arrested.

Words near house-arrest in the dictionary

  1. house warmings
  2. house wine
  3. house wines
  4. house wren
  5. house wrens
  6. house-arrest
  7. house-arrested
  8. house-arresting
  9. house-arrests
  10. house-barn
  11. house-barns

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