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plumped for

plumped for is the simple past and past participle of plump for.

Meaning of plump for

Verb

plump for (third-person singular simple present plumps for, present participle plumping for, simple past and past participle plumped for)

  1. (UK, informal) To choose; to select.
    • The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake.

Questions about plumped for

What is plumped for the simple past and past participle of?
Plumped for is the simple past and past participle of plump for.

Words near plumped for in the dictionary

  1. plump for
  2. plump up
  3. plumpage
  4. plumped
  5. plumped down
  6. plumped for
  7. plumped up
  8. plumpen
  9. plumpendicular
  10. plumpened
  11. plumpening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plumped for (page history and authors); plump for (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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