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reel out

reel out verb: to unreel.

Verb

reel out (third-person singular simple present reels out, present participle reeling out, simple past and past participle reeled out)

  1. (transitive) To unreel.

Forms of reel out

third-person singular presentreels out
present participlereeling out
past participlereeled out
pastreeled out

Questions about reel out

What does reel out mean?
Reel out means to unreel.
What part of speech is reel out?
Reel out is a verb.
What is the past tense of reel out?
The past tense of reel out is reeled out.

Words near reel out in the dictionary

  1. reel
  2. reel in
  3. reel mower
  4. reel mowers
  5. reel off
  6. reel out
  7. reel oven
  8. reel ovens
  9. reel pull
  10. reel to reel tape
  11. reel to reel tapes

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