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penned in

penned in is the simple past and past participle of pen in.

Meaning of pen in

Verb

pen in (third-person singular simple present pens in, present participle penning in, simple past and past participle penned in)

  1. To enclose (animals) in a pen.
    1. (broadly, figuratively) To cause to be stuck in a situation; to be forced into a situation by circumstances.
  2. To schedule; fix a date for.
    • She wanted to say regardless of who got the contract, they should get out a calendar and pen it in.2012, Robin Bielman, Worth the Risk, →ISBN

Questions about penned in

What is penned in the simple past and past participle of?
Penned in is the simple past and past participle of pen in.

Words near penned in in the dictionary

  1. penne alla vodka
  2. penne rigate
  3. Pennebaker
  4. Pennebakers
  5. penned
  6. penned in
  7. penned up
  8. penneech
  9. Pennel
  10. Pennell
  11. Pennella

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penned in (page history and authors); pen in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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