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send to dorse

send to dorse verb: to throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.

Verb

send to dorse (third-person singular simple present sends to dorse, present participle sending to dorse, simple past and past participle sent to dorse)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, slang, transitive) To throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.
    • a. 1823, Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life
      Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.

Forms of send to dorse

third-person singular presentsends to dorse
present participlesending to dorse
past participlesent to dorse
pastsent to dorse

Questions about send to dorse

What does send to dorse mean?
Send to dorse means to throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.
What part of speech is send to dorse?
Send to dorse is a verb.
What is the past tense of send to dorse?
The past tense of send to dorse is sent to dorse.

Words near send to dorse in the dictionary

  1. send shivers down someone's spine
  2. send someone packing
  3. send someone to the showers
  4. send the flood
  5. send to Coventry
  6. send to dorse
  7. send to the glue factory
  8. send to the scaffold
  9. send up
  10. send word
  11. send-off

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