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take gas

take gas verb: to be knocked off one's surfboard by a wave.

Verb

take gas (third-person singular simple present takes gas, present participle taking gas, simple past took gas, past participle taken gas)

  1. (slang) To be knocked off one's surfboard by a wave.
    • Jordan took gas. He got rolled around the rocks and eventually came to a stop.2014, Greg Gutierrez, Zen and the Art of Surfing
    • He really took gas on that one.2014, Douglas Preston, The Kraken Project: A Novel

Forms of take gas

third-person singular presenttakes gas
present participletaking gas
pasttook gas
past participletaken gas

Questions about take gas

What does take gas mean?
Take gas means to be knocked off one's surfboard by a wave.
What part of speech is take gas?
Take gas is a verb.
What is the past tense of take gas?
The past tense of take gas is took gas.

Words near take gas in the dictionary

  1. take for granted
  2. take form
  3. take French leave
  4. take fright
  5. take from behind
  6. take gas
  7. take great pains
  8. take guard
  9. take heart
  10. take heed
  11. take hold

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