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prones out

prones out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prone out.

Meaning of prone out

Verb

prone out (third-person singular simple present prones out, present participle proning out, simple past and past participle proned out)

  1. (intransitive) To lie flat on one's board (face down) in order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.
    • I proned out in the white water, letting the wave break over me inside, riding the white water into the deep channel.2012, Ted Gugelyk, Mango Lady & Other Stories from Hawaii
  2. (transitive) To order or cause a person to lie prone on the ground, usually at gunpoint and to effect a high-risk arrest.

Questions about prones out

What is prones out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prones out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prone out.

Words near prones out in the dictionary

  1. pronephrons
  2. pronephros
  3. pronephroses
  4. proner
  5. prones
  6. prones out
  7. pronest
  8. pronetalol
  9. pronethalol
  10. proneural
  11. proneurals

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