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tack about

tack about verb: to tack; to go about.

Verb

tack about (third-person singular simple present tacks about, present participle tacking about, simple past and past participle tacked about)

  1. To tack; to go about

Forms of tack about

third-person singular presenttacks about
present participletacking about
past participletacked about
pasttacked about

Questions about tack about

What does tack about mean?
Tack about means to tack; to go about.
What part of speech is tack about?
Tack about is a verb.
What is the past tense of tack about?
The past tense of tack about is tacked about.

Words near tack about in the dictionary

  1. taciturnity
  2. taciturnly
  3. taciturnous
  4. Tacitus
  5. tack
  6. tack about
  7. tack claw
  8. tack claws
  9. tack down
  10. tack lifter
  11. tack lifters

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