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sketch out

sketch out verb: to creep out; to give a creepy or sketchy feeling to someone.

Verb

sketch out (third-person singular simple present sketches out, present participle sketching out, simple past and past participle sketched out)

  1. (Canada, US, informal, transitive) To creep out; to give a creepy or sketchy feeling to someone.
    • The awkward and agitated customer began to sketch them out a bit.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sketch, out.
    • I sketched out the trees and the lake before adding texture and colour to the scene.

Forms of sketch out

third-person singular presentsketches out
present participlesketching out
past participlesketched out
pastsketched out

Questions about sketch out

What does sketch out mean?
Sketch out means to creep out; to give a creepy or sketchy feeling to someone.
What part of speech is sketch out?
Sketch out is a verb.
What is the past tense of sketch out?
The past tense of sketch out is sketched out.

Words near sketch out in the dictionary

  1. Skerys
  2. sket
  3. sketch
  4. sketch book
  5. sketch books
  6. sketch out
  7. sketch pad
  8. sketch pads
  9. sketch-ass
  10. sketchability
  11. sketchable

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