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lashing back

lashing back is the present participle and gerund 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 lashing back

What is lashing back the present participle and gerund of?
Lashing back is the present participle and gerund of lash back.

Words near lashing back in the dictionary

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

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