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hum along

hum along verb: to continue functioning efficiently and smoothly without needing correction or supervision.

Verb

hum along (third-person singular simple present hums along, present participle humming along, simple past and past participle hummed along)

  1. (intransitive) To continue functioning efficiently and smoothly without needing correction or supervision.

Forms of hum along

third-person singular presenthums along
present participlehumming along
past participlehummed along
pasthummed along

Questions about hum along

What does hum along mean?
Hum along means to continue functioning efficiently and smoothly without needing correction or supervision.
What part of speech is hum along?
Hum along is a verb.
What is the past tense of hum along?
The past tense of hum along is hummed along.

Words near hum along in the dictionary

  1. Hulveys
  2. hulwa
  3. huly-huly
  4. Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓
  5. hum
  6. hum along
  7. hum and ha
  8. hum and haw
  9. hum bow
  10. hum bows
  11. hum buzz

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