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pour one out

pour one out verb: to pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor, as an act of remembrance for someone deceased.

Verb

pour one out (third-person singular simple present pours one out, present participle pouring one out, simple past and past participle poured one out)

  1. To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor, as an act of remembrance for someone deceased.
  2. (idiomatic) To express respect or tribute for someone or something that is lost or gone.

Forms of pour one out

third-person singular presentpours one out
present participlepouring one out
past participlepoured one out
pastpoured one out

Questions about pour one out

What does pour one out mean?
Pour one out means to pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor, as an act of remembrance for someone deceased.
What part of speech is pour one out?
Pour one out is a verb.
What is the past tense of pour one out?
The past tense of pour one out is poured one out.

Words near pour one out in the dictionary

  1. pour honey into one's ear
  2. pour honey on
  3. pour in
  4. pour into
  5. pour oil on troubled waters
  6. pour one out
  7. pour one's heart out
  8. pour one's soul out
  9. pour out
  10. pour out one's heart
  11. pour out one's soul

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