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prop up the bar

prop up the bar verb: to spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.

Verb

prop up the bar (third-person singular simple present props up the bar, present participle propping up the bar, simple past and past participle propped up the bar)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, informal) To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.

Forms of prop up the bar

third-person singular presentprops up the bar
present participlepropping up the bar
past participlepropped up the bar
pastpropped up the bar

Questions about prop up the bar

What does prop up the bar mean?
Prop up the bar means to spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.
What part of speech is prop up the bar?
Prop up the bar is a verb.
What is the past tense of prop up the bar?
The past tense of prop up the bar is propped up the bar.

Words near prop up the bar in the dictionary

  1. prop shaft
  2. prop shafts
  3. prop sword
  4. prop swords
  5. prop up
  6. prop up the bar
  7. prop vowel
  8. prop vowels
  9. prop wash
  10. prop washes
  11. prop-

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