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parks the bus

parks the bus is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 parks the bus

What is parks the bus the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Parks the bus is the third-person singular simple present indicative of park the bus.

Words near parks the bus in the dictionary

  1. parks
  2. Parks College
  3. parks in
  4. parks that thought
  5. parks the beef bus in tuna town
  6. parks the bus
  7. parks up
  8. Parksdale
  9. parksful
  10. parkside
  11. Parkstone

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