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rules-lawyer

rules-lawyer is the alternative form of rules lawyer.

Meaning of rules lawyer

Verb

rules lawyer (third-person singular simple present rules lawyers, present participle rules lawyering, simple past and past participle rules lawyered)

  1. (derogatory, intransitive, slang) To behave as a rules lawyer.

See all 2 meanings of rules lawyer

Forms of rules-lawyer

third-person singular presentrules-lawyers
present participlerules-lawyering
past participlerules-lawyered
pastrules-lawyered

Questions about rules-lawyer

What is rules-lawyer the alternative form of?
Rules-lawyer is the alternative form of rules lawyer.

Words near rules-lawyer in the dictionary

  1. rules the day
  2. rules the roost
  3. rules the school
  4. rules with a rod of iron
  5. rules-based order
  6. rules-lawyer
  7. rules-lawyered
  8. rules-lawyering
  9. rules-lawyers
  10. rules-of-thumb
  11. ruleset

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