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sends to dorse

sends to dorse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of send to dorse.

Meaning of send to dorse

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.

Questions about sends to dorse

What is sends to dorse the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sends to dorse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of send to dorse.

Words near sends to dorse in the dictionary

  1. sends out for
  2. sends shivers down someone's spine
  3. sends someone packing
  4. sends someone to the showers
  5. sends to Coventry
  6. sends to dorse
  7. sends to the glue factory
  8. sends to the scaffold
  9. sends up
  10. sends word
  11. sendup

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