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tack down

tack down verb: to fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks.

Verb

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

  1. To fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks.

Forms of tack down

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

Questions about tack down

What does tack down mean?
Tack down means to fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks.
What part of speech is tack down?
Tack down is a verb.
What is the past tense of tack down?
The past tense of tack down is tacked down.

Words near tack down in the dictionary

  1. Tacitus
  2. tack
  3. tack about
  4. tack claw
  5. tack claws
  6. tack down
  7. tack lifter
  8. tack lifters
  9. tack room
  10. tack rooms
  11. tack together

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