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nudge out

nudge out verb: to expel, knock out by a small margin.

Verb

nudge out (third-person singular simple present nudges out, present participle nudging out, simple past and past participle nudged out)

  1. To expel, knock out by a small margin.
    • But the protests were in vain as the Championship high-fliers - and 2008 FA Cup finalists - battled valiantly but were nudged out by a Premier League side in a match that failed to spark into life.2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC

Forms of nudge out

third-person singular presentnudges out
present participlenudging out
past participlenudged out
pastnudged out

Questions about nudge out

What does nudge out mean?
Nudge out means to expel, knock out by a small margin.
What part of speech is nudge out?
Nudge out is a verb.
What is the past tense of nudge out?
The past tense of nudge out is nudged out.

Words near nudge out in the dictionary

  1. nudey
  2. nudez
  3. nudge
  4. nudge ahead
  5. nudge nudge wink wink
  6. nudge out
  7. nudge theory
  8. nudgeable
  9. nudged
  10. nudged ahead
  11. nudged out

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