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lashes back

lashes back is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lashes back

What is lashes back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lashes back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lash back.

Words near lashes back in the dictionary

  1. lashed together
  2. lashed up
  3. lasher
  4. lashers
  5. lashes
  6. lashes back
  7. lashes down
  8. lashes off
  9. lashes oneself to the mast
  10. lashes out
  11. lashes together

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