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in the green

in the green prepositional phrase: inside the hollow section of a breaking wave.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Inside the hollow section of a breaking wave.
    • Taking off outside in the green.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

Questions about in the green

What does in the green mean?
In the green means inside the hollow section of a breaking wave.
What part of speech is in the green?
In the green is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the green in the dictionary

  1. in the frame
  2. in the front row
  3. in the furtherance of justice
  4. in the future
  5. in the game
  6. in the green
  7. in the green tree
  8. in the green tree … in the dry
  9. in the grip of
  10. in the gristle
  11. in the groove

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