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palm out

palm out verb: to fall with the palms out to break the fall.

Verb

palm out (third-person singular simple present palms out, present participle palming out, simple past and past participle palmed out)

  1. (intransitive) To fall with the palms out to break the fall.
    • When he punched me, I palmed out and broke my wrist.

Forms of palm out

third-person singular presentpalms out
present participlepalming out
past participlepalmed out
pastpalmed out

Questions about palm out

What does palm out mean?
Palm out means to fall with the palms out to break the fall.
What part of speech is palm out?
Palm out is a verb.
What is the past tense of palm out?
The past tense of palm out is palmed out.

Words near palm out in the dictionary

  1. palm nut
  2. palm nuts
  3. palm off
  4. palm oil
  5. palm oils
  6. palm out
  7. palm print
  8. palm prints
  9. palm reader
  10. palm readers
  11. palm reading

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