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returns fire

returns fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of return fire.

Meaning of return fire

Verb

return fire (third-person singular simple present returns fire, present participle returning fire, simple past and past participle returned fire)

  1. To shoot at the person from whom fire is being received

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Questions about returns fire

What is returns fire the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Returns fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of return fire.

Words near returns fire in the dictionary

  1. returnings
  2. returnless
  3. returnlessly
  4. returnment
  5. returns
  6. returns fire
  7. returns on investment
  8. returns the favor
  9. returns the favour
  10. returns to dust
  11. returns to form

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