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report out

report out verb: to send a piece of legislation back to a legislature to vote on after having considered and edited it.

Verb

report out (third-person singular simple present reports out, present participle reporting out, simple past and past participle reported out)

  1. To send a piece of legislation back to a legislature to vote on after having considered and edited it.

Forms of report out

third-person singular presentreports out
present participlereporting out
past participlereported out
pastreported out

Questions about report out

What does report out mean?
Report out means to send a piece of legislation back to a legislature to vote on after having considered and edited it.
What part of speech is report out?
Report out is a verb.
What is the past tense of report out?
The past tense of report out is reported out.

Words near report out in the dictionary

  1. report
  2. report back
  3. report card
  4. report cards
  5. report for duty
  6. report out
  7. reportability
  8. reportable
  9. reportage
  10. reportages
  11. reportative

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