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sneak around

sneak around verb: to get around censorship, bureaucratic barriers or authorities.

Verb

sneak around (third-person singular simple present sneaks around, present participle sneaking around, simple past and past participle sneaked around or (Canada, US) snuck around)

  1. (transitive) To get around censorship, bureaucratic barriers or authorities.
    • This program will sneak around state laws.
  2. (intransitive) To secretly date or have sex with somebody.

Forms of sneak around

third-person singular presentsneaks around
present participlesneaking around
past participlesneaked around
pastsneaked around
past participle Canada USsnuck around
past Canada USsnuck around

Questions about sneak around

What does sneak around mean?
Sneak around means to get around censorship, bureaucratic barriers or authorities.
What part of speech is sneak around?
Sneak around is a verb.
What is the past tense of sneak around?
The past tense of sneak around is sneaked around.

Words near sneak around in the dictionary

  1. snead
  2. sneaded
  3. sneading
  4. sneads
  5. sneak
  6. sneak around
  7. sneak current
  8. sneak currents
  9. sneak in
  10. sneak out
  11. sneak paddle

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