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overdrew the badger

overdrew the badger is the simple past 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 overdrew the badger

What is overdrew the badger the simple past of?
Overdrew the badger is the simple past of overdraw the badger.

Words near overdrew the badger in the dictionary

  1. overdresses
  2. overdressiness
  3. overdressing
  4. overdressy
  5. overdrew
  6. overdrew the badger
  7. overdribble
  8. overdribbled
  9. overdribbles
  10. overdribbling
  11. overdried

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