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slum it

slum it verb: to associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.

Verb

slum it (third-person singular simple present slums it, present participle slumming it, simple past and past participle slummed it)

  1. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
    • There's nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor.2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The Schuyler Sisters”, in Hamilton
    • The private jets eventually went, Khashoggi having to slum it on commercial airlines.2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent, London

Forms of slum it

third-person singular presentslums it
present participleslumming it
past participleslummed it
pastslummed it

Questions about slum it

What does slum it mean?
Slum it means to associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
What part of speech is slum it?
Slum it is a verb.
What is the past tense of slum it?
The past tense of slum it is slummed it.

Words near slum it in the dictionary

  1. slum dweller
  2. slum dwellers
  3. slum gully
  4. slum gun
  5. slum guns
  6. slum it
  7. slum-dweller
  8. slum-dwellers
  9. slum-ridden
  10. Slumbai
  11. Slumbay

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