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plead over

plead over verb: to abandon the right to pursue a legal issue by not spotting it in time or not raising an objection in court.

Verb

plead over (third-person singular simple present pleads over, present participle pleading over, simple past and past participle pleaded over or (informal, US) pled over)

  1. (intransitive) To abandon the right to pursue a legal issue by not spotting it in time or not raising an objection in court.

Forms of plead over

third-person singular presentpleads over
present participlepleading over
past participlepleaded over
pastpleaded over
past participle US (informal)pled over
past US (informal)pled over

Questions about plead over

What does plead over mean?
Plead over means to abandon the right to pursue a legal issue by not spotting it in time or not raising an objection in court.
What part of speech is plead over?
Plead over is a verb.
What is the past tense of plead over?
The past tense of plead over is pleaded over.

Words near plead over in the dictionary

  1. pleaches
  2. pleaching
  3. plead
  4. plead down
  5. plead out
  6. plead over
  7. plead the belly
  8. plead the blood of Jesus
  9. plead the fifth
  10. plead up
  11. pleadable

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