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parallel park

parallel park verb: to park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles.

parallel park: to park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked...
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Verb

parallel park (third-person singular simple present parallel parks, present participle parallel parking, simple past and past participle parallel parked)

  1. To park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles.

Forms of parallel park

third-person singular presentparallel parks
present participleparallel parking
past participleparallel parked
pastparallel parked

Questions about parallel park

What does parallel park mean?
Parallel park means to park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles.
What part of speech is parallel park?
Parallel park is a verb.
What is the past tense of parallel park?
The past tense of parallel park is parallel parked.

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