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jaw down

jaw down verb: to condescend to (someone) loquaciously; to speak to someone in a forceful, insulting, bossy or aggressive way; to wear down by talking.

Verb

jaw down (third-person singular simple present jaws down, present participle jawing down, simple past and past participle jawed down)

  1. (transitive) To condescend to (someone) loquaciously; to speak to someone in a forceful, insulting, bossy or aggressive way; to wear down by talking.

Forms of jaw down

third-person singular presentjaws down
present participlejawing down
past participlejawed down
pastjawed down

Questions about jaw down

What does jaw down mean?
Jaw down means to condescend to (someone) loquaciously; to speak to someone in a forceful, insulting, bossy or aggressive way; to wear down by talking.
What part of speech is jaw down?
Jaw down is a verb.
What is the past tense of jaw down?
The past tense of jaw down is jawed down.

Words near jaw down in the dictionary

  1. jaw beards
  2. jaw bone
  3. jaw bones
  4. jaw breaker
  5. jaw breakers
  6. jaw down
  7. jaw harp
  8. jaw harpist
  9. jaw harpists
  10. jaw harps
  11. jaw hole

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