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overdraw the badger

overdraw the badger verb: to overdraw one's bank account.

Verb

overdraw the badger (third-person singular simple present overdraws the badger, present participle overdrawing the badger, simple past overdrew the badger, past participle overdrawn the badger)

  1. (obsolete, rare, slang) To overdraw one's bank account.
    • […] we remember once hearing a fast man suggest that they were evidently "nobs who had overdrawn the badger by driving fast cattle, and going it high" — the exact signification of which words we did not understand […]1852, John Swaby, Physiology of the Opera, page 74

Forms of overdraw the badger

third-person singular presentoverdraws the badger
present participleoverdrawing the badger
pastoverdrew the badger
past participleoverdrawn the badger

Questions about overdraw the badger

What does overdraw the badger mean?
Overdraw the badger means to overdraw one's bank account.
What part of speech is overdraw the badger?
Overdraw the badger is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdraw the badger?
The past tense of overdraw the badger is overdrew the badger.

Words near overdraw the badger in the dictionary

  1. overdrapes
  2. overdraping
  3. overdraught
  4. overdraughts
  5. overdraw
  6. overdraw the badger
  7. overdrawer
  8. overdrawers
  9. overdrawing
  10. overdrawing the badger
  11. overdrawn

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