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sands off

sands off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sand off.

Meaning of sand off

Verb

sand off (third-person singular simple present sands off, present participle sanding off, simple past and past participle sanded off)

  1. To make smooth or blunt by sandpapering.
  2. (figuratively) To remove the rough elements or imperfections from.
    • Some so-called establishment Republicans, alarmed by the rise of the ethnonationalist wing of the party, comfort themselves with the belief that this movement can be domesticated, absorbed into the traditional coalition with its sharp edges sanded off.2017 October 21, Peter Wehner, “Going Against the Republican Herd”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2020

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What is sands off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sands off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sand off.

Words near sands off in the dictionary

  1. Sandrocks
  2. sandrs
  3. sands
  4. sands down
  5. sands of time
  6. sands off
  7. sandscape
  8. sandscapes
  9. Sandsend
  10. sandshark
  11. sandsharks

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