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poked along

poked along is the simple past and past participle of poke along.

Meaning of poke along

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

Questions about poked along

What is poked along the simple past and past participle of?
Poked along is the simple past and past participle of poke along.

Words near poked along in the dictionary

  1. poke-a-dots
  2. pokeberries
  3. pokeberry
  4. poked
  5. poked about
  6. poked along
  7. poked around
  8. poked borack
  9. poked borak
  10. poked borax
  11. poked fun

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poked along (page history and authors); poke along (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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