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suck under

suck under verb: to pull (someone or something) under the surface of a body of water.

Verb

suck under (third-person singular simple present sucks under, present participle sucking under, simple past and past participle sucked under)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To pull (someone or something) under the surface of a body of water.
    • He was sucked under by the riptide.
    • The power of the riptide sucked him under.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive, transitive) To cause (someone or something) to figuratively drown, such as by succumbing to a pressure or problem.
    • Our country will be sucked under by my opponent's policies.

Forms of suck under

third-person singular presentsucks under
present participlesucking under
past participlesucked under
pastsucked under

Questions about suck under

What does suck under mean?
Suck under means to pull (someone or something) under the surface of a body of water.
What part of speech is suck under?
Suck under is a verb.
What is the past tense of suck under?
The past tense of suck under is sucked under.

Words near suck under in the dictionary

  1. suck the kumara
  2. suck the monkey
  3. suck the mop
  4. suck the oxygen out of
  5. suck tits
  6. suck under
  7. suck up
  8. suck up all the air in
  9. suck up all the oxygen in
  10. suck your mum
  11. suck'd

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