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self-distribute

self-distribute verb: to distribute without outside help.

Verb

self-distribute (third-person singular simple present self-distributes, present participle self-distributing, simple past and past participle self-distributed)

  1. To distribute without outside help.
    • If one of the most famous stars in the world gets this much grief trying to self-finance and self-distribute a Christ movie without the approval of Jewish pressure groups, what’s a mere studio owned by a conglomerate with 30 other boycottworthy irons in the fire to do?2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek

Forms of self-distribute

third-person singular presentself-distributes
present participleself-distributing
past participleself-distributed
pastself-distributed

Origin of self-distribute

From self- + distribute.

Questions about self-distribute

What does self-distribute mean?
Self-distribute means to distribute without outside help.
What part of speech is self-distribute?
Self-distribute is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-distribute?
The past tense of self-distribute is self-distributed.

Words near self-distribute in the dictionary

  1. self-disorder
  2. self-dissatisfaction
  3. self-dissatisfactions
  4. self-distance
  5. self-distances
  6. self-distribute
  7. self-distributed
  8. self-distributes
  9. self-distributing
  10. self-distrust
  11. self-documenting

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