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showed away

showed away is the simple past of show away.

Meaning of show away

Verb

show away (third-person singular simple present shows away, present participle showing away, simple past showed away, past participle shown away)

  1. (archaic) To show off.
    • I behaved with sense and propriety, & did not attempt at all to show away […].1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 260

Questions about showed away

What is showed away the simple past of?
Showed away is the simple past of show away.

Words near showed away in the dictionary

  1. showed
  2. showed a clean pair of heels
  3. showed a leg
  4. showed ankle
  5. showed around
  6. showed away
  7. showed cause
  8. showed colour
  9. showed down
  10. showed forth
  11. showed in

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