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parked the bus

parked the bus is the simple past and past participle of park the bus.

Meaning of park the bus

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.
    • England goalkeeper Gordon Banks resisted everything Liverpool threw at him that day, as City parked the bus and banked on snatching the vital single goal and then holding on.2011, John Williams, Red Men: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see park, bus.

Questions about parked the bus

What is parked the bus the simple past and past participle of?
Parked the bus is the simple past and past participle of park the bus.

Words near parked the bus in the dictionary

  1. Parke County
  2. parked
  3. parked in
  4. parked that thought
  5. parked the beef bus in tuna town
  6. parked the bus
  7. parked up
  8. parkee
  9. parkees
  10. Parkend
  11. parker

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