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scythe down

scythe down verb: to violently cause to fall down.

Verb

scythe down (third-person singular simple present scythes down, present participle scything down, simple past and past participle scythed down)

  1. (transitive) To violently cause to fall down.
    • For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way...November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk

Forms of scythe down

third-person singular presentscythes down
present participlescything down
past participlescythed down
pastscythed down

Questions about scythe down

What does scythe down mean?
Scythe down means to violently cause to fall down.
What part of speech is scythe down?
Scythe down is a verb.
What is the past tense of scythe down?
The past tense of scythe down is scythed down.

Words near scythe down in the dictionary

  1. Scytalism
  2. Scytalismus
  3. scytalone
  4. Scyth
  5. scythe
  6. scythe down
  7. scythebill
  8. scythebills
  9. scythed
  10. scythed chariot
  11. scythed down

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