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overdrawing the badger

overdrawing the badger is the present participle and gerund of overdraw the badger.

Meaning of overdraw the badger

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

Questions about overdrawing the badger

What is overdrawing the badger the present participle and gerund of?
Overdrawing the badger is the present participle and gerund of overdraw the badger.

Words near overdrawing the badger in the dictionary

  1. overdraw
  2. overdraw the badger
  3. overdrawer
  4. overdrawers
  5. overdrawing
  6. overdrawing the badger
  7. overdrawn
  8. overdrawn the badger
  9. overdraws
  10. overdraws the badger
  11. overdream

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