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parts unknown

parts unknown noun: an unspecified or unknown place.

Noun

parts unknown (uncountable)

  1. An unspecified or unknown place.
    • Andy did break his bargain, lurked in the neighborhood a few days, and then, being pursued by the sheriff, absconded to parts unknown.1969, John Niven, Years of Turmoil: Civil War and Reconstruction, page 229
    • What with his ex-partner having embezzled most of his detective agency right out from under him and hightailed it to parts unknown, and with Sam not having two dollars to his name at the moment, things were grim.2012, Elda Minger, She's The One, →ISBN

Questions about parts unknown

What does parts unknown mean?
Parts unknown means an unspecified or unknown place.
What part of speech is parts unknown?
Parts unknown is a noun.

Words near parts unknown in the dictionary

  1. parts interpreters
  2. Parts of Holland
  3. parts of speech
  4. parts off
  5. parts out
  6. parts unknown
  7. parts ways
  8. parts with
  9. parts-to-picker
  10. partsa
  11. partscore

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