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nod through

nod through verb: to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.

Verb

nod through (third-person singular simple present nods through, present participle nodding through, simple past and past participle nodded through)

  1. (transitive) to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.
    • […]burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

Forms of nod through

third-person singular presentnods through
present participlenodding through
past participlenodded through
pastnodded through

Questions about nod through

What does nod through mean?
Nod through means to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.
What part of speech is nod through?
Nod through is a verb.
What is the past tense of nod through?
The past tense of nod through is nodded through.

Words near nod through in the dictionary

  1. nocuousness
  2. nod
  3. nod in
  4. nod off
  5. nod out
  6. nod through
  7. nod-back
  8. nod-backs
  9. Noda
  10. nodachi
  11. nodakenin

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