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loom ahead

loom ahead verb: to be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.

Verb

loom ahead (third-person singular simple present looms ahead, present participle looming ahead, simple past and past participle loomed ahead)

  1. (intransitive, confrontation or outcome) To be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.

Forms of loom ahead

third-person singular presentlooms ahead
present participlelooming ahead
past participleloomed ahead
pastloomed ahead

Questions about loom ahead

What does loom ahead mean?
Loom ahead means to be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.
What part of speech is loom ahead?
Loom ahead is a verb.
What is the past tense of loom ahead?
The past tense of loom ahead is loomed ahead.

Words near loom ahead in the dictionary

  1. looky
  2. looky-likey
  3. looky-loo
  4. looky-loos
  5. loom
  6. loom ahead
  7. loom band
  8. loom bands
  9. loom large
  10. loom weight
  11. Looman

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