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thrash about

thrash about verb: to move unpredictably and often violently, usually unaware.

Verb

thrash about (third-person singular simple present thrashes about, present participle thrashing about, simple past and past participle thrashed about)

  1. to move unpredictably and often violently, usually unaware

Forms of thrash about

third-person singular presentthrashes about
present participlethrashing about
past participlethrashed about
pastthrashed about

Questions about thrash about

What does thrash about mean?
Thrash about means to move unpredictably and often violently, usually unaware.
What part of speech is thrash about?
Thrash about is a verb.
What is the past tense of thrash about?
The past tense of thrash about is thrashed about.

Words near thrash about in the dictionary

  1. thrapples
  2. thrappling
  3. thraps
  4. Thrapston
  5. thrash
  6. thrash about
  7. thrash metal
  8. thrash metaller
  9. thrash metallers
  10. thrash out
  11. thrashabillies

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