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poke along

poke along verb: to move along very slowly.

Verb

poke along (third-person singular simple present pokes along, present participle poking along, simple past and past participle poked along)

  1. (informal) To move along very slowly.
    • The horse-drawn carriage just poked along.
    Synonyms:
    lag, tarry

Synonyms of poke along

Forms of poke along

third-person singular presentpokes along
present participlepoking along
past participlepoked along
pastpoked along

Origin of poke along

From poke + along.

Questions about poke along

What does poke along mean?
Poke along means to move along very slowly.
What part of speech is poke along?
Poke along is a verb.
What is the past tense of poke along?
The past tense of poke along is poked along.

Words near poke along in the dictionary

  1. Pokanoket
  2. Pokanokets
  3. poke
  4. poke a dot
  5. poke about
  6. poke along
  7. poke around
  8. poke bonnet
  9. poke bonnets
  10. poke borack
  11. poke borak

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