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race out of the traps

race out of the traps verb: to start something very quickly.

Verb

race out of the traps (third-person singular simple present races out of the traps, present participle racing out of the traps, simple past and past participle raced out of the traps)

  1. (idiomatic) To start something very quickly.
    • As if spurred on by the recent barbs and an increasingly perilous league position, Hughes's side raced out of the traps, starting the game as though Premier League survival depended on the result of this encounter.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC

Forms of race out of the traps

third-person singular presentraces out of the traps
present participleracing out of the traps
past participleraced out of the traps
pastraced out of the traps

Questions about race out of the traps

What does race out of the traps mean?
Race out of the traps means to start something very quickly.
What part of speech is race out of the traps?
Race out of the traps is a verb.
What is the past tense of race out of the traps?
The past tense of race out of the traps is raced out of the traps.

Words near race out of the traps in the dictionary

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