police one's brass
police one's brass verb: to clean up spent shell casings left behind after firing a gun, usually so the casings cannot be used to identify the gun.
Verb
police one's brass (third-person singular simple present polices one's brass, present participle policing one's brass, simple past and past participle policed one's brass)
- To clean up spent shell casings left behind after firing a gun, usually so the casings cannot be used to identify the gun.
Forms of police one's brass
| third-person singular present | polices one's brass |
|---|---|
| present participle | policing one's brass |
| past participle | policed one's brass |
| past | policed one's brass |
Questions about police one's brass
- What does police one's brass mean?
- Police one's brass means to clean up spent shell casings left behind after firing a gun, usually so the casings cannot be used to identify the gun.
- What part of speech is police one's brass?
- Police one's brass is a verb.
- What is the past tense of police one's brass?
- The past tense of police one's brass is policed one's brass.
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