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kip down

kip down verb: to sleep somewhere other than home, forced to do so by circumstances.

Verb

kip down (third-person singular simple present kips down, present participle kipping down, simple past and past participle kipped down)

  1. (UK, slang) To sleep somewhere other than home, forced to do so by circumstances.

Forms of kip down

third-person singular presentkips down
present participlekipping down
past participlekipped down
pastkipped down

Questions about kip down

What does kip down mean?
Kip down means to sleep somewhere other than home, forced to do so by circumstances.
What part of speech is kip down?
Kip down is a verb.
What is the past tense of kip down?
The past tense of kip down is kipped down.

Words near kip down in the dictionary

  1. Kiowas
  2. Kioway
  3. Kioways
  4. Kiowia
  5. kip
  6. kip down
  7. kip in
  8. kip out
  9. kip up
  10. kip-shop
  11. kip-shops

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