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linger out

linger out verb: to pass in a tedious manner.

Verb

linger out (third-person singular simple present lingers out, present participle lingering out, simple past and past participle lingered out)

  1. (transitive) To pass in a tedious manner.
    • to linger out a miserable life

Forms of linger out

third-person singular presentlingers out
present participlelingering out
past participlelingered out
pastlingered out

Questions about linger out

What does linger out mean?
Linger out means to pass in a tedious manner.
What part of speech is linger out?
Linger out is a verb.
What is the past tense of linger out?
The past tense of linger out is lingered out.

Words near linger out in the dictionary

  1. lingences
  2. Lingenfelter
  3. Lingenfelters
  4. linger
  5. linger on
  6. linger out
  7. lingered
  8. lingered on
  9. lingered out
  10. lingerer
  11. lingerers

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