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lashed back

lashed back is the simple past and past participle of lash back.

Meaning of lash back

Verb

lash back (third-person singular simple present lashes back, present participle lashing back, simple past and past participle lashed back)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lash, back.
  2. To drink an alcoholic beverage in an enthusiastic or rapid manner.
    • A couple next to us were lashing back tequila, the whole salt-and-lemon vibe, and having a whale of a time. I felt like a priest and that's about as bad as it gets. The drinks came and we clinked glasses.2009 March 31, Ken Bruen, Cross: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 264

Questions about lashed back

What is lashed back the simple past and past participle of?
Lashed back is the simple past and past participle of lash back.

Words near lashed back in the dictionary

  1. Lashawndra
  2. Lashay
  3. Lashbrook
  4. Lashbrooks
  5. lashed
  6. lashed back
  7. lashed down
  8. lashed off
  9. lashed oneself to the mast
  10. lashed out
  11. lashed together

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