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sent to dorse

sent to dorse is the simple past and past participle 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 sent to dorse

What is sent to dorse the simple past and past participle of?
Sent to dorse is the simple past and past participle of send to dorse.

Words near sent to dorse in the dictionary

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

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