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sling to

sling to verb: to pay a bribe to a police officer from the profits of gambling.

Verb

sling to (third-person singular simple present slings to, present participle slinging to, simple past and past participle slung to)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, idiomatic) To pay a bribe to a police officer from the profits of gambling.

Forms of sling to

third-person singular presentslings to
present participleslinging to
past participleslung to
pastslung to

Questions about sling to

What does sling to mean?
Sling to means to pay a bribe to a police officer from the profits of gambling.
What part of speech is sling to?
Sling to is a verb.
What is the past tense of sling to?
The past tense of sling to is slung to.

Words near sling to in the dictionary

  1. sling psychrometer
  2. sling psychrometers
  3. sling stone
  4. sling stones
  5. sling the hatchet
  6. sling to
  7. sling up
  8. sling-fruit
  9. sling-fruits
  10. sling-stone
  11. slingback

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