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sevens out

sevens out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seven out.

Meaning of seven out

Verb

seven out (third-person singular simple present sevens out, present participle sevening out, simple past and past participle sevened out)

  1. in the game of craps, to roll a seven after having established the "point".
    • "Why do you push it, Charlie?" he said. "At our age one short game is plenty. Do you see me playing more? One of these days you could seven out.[…]"1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 66
    Synonyms:
    crap out

Questions about sevens out

What is sevens out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sevens out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seven out.

Words near sevens out in the dictionary

  1. sevenpences
  2. sevenpenny
  3. sevenplex
  4. sevenplexes
  5. sevens
  6. sevens out
  7. sevenscore
  8. sevensies
  9. sevensome
  10. sevensomes
  11. Sevenstones

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