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thieve out

thieve out verb: to walk out of a place stealthily.

Verb

thieve out (third-person singular simple present thieves out, present participle thieving out, simple past and past participle thieved out)

  1. to walk out of a place stealthily
    • But Kezia thieved out at the back.1922 Katherine Mansfield, The Doll's House (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 354-355)

Forms of thieve out

third-person singular presentthieves out
present participlethieving out
past participlethieved out
pastthieved out

Questions about thieve out

What does thieve out mean?
Thieve out means to walk out of a place stealthily.
What part of speech is thieve out?
Thieve out is a verb.
What is the past tense of thieve out?
The past tense of thieve out is thieved out.

Words near thieve out in the dictionary

  1. thietes
  2. thiethylperazine
  3. thietsie
  4. thievable
  5. thieve
  6. thieve out
  7. thieved
  8. thieved out
  9. thiever
  10. thieveries
  11. thievers

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