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top one's boom

top one's boom verb: to depart quickly.

Verb

top one's boom (third-person singular simple present tops one's boom, present participle topping one's boom, simple past and past participle topped one's boom)

  1. To depart quickly.
    • Her husband had topped his boom, and so had his Lordship.1862, Chartley Castle, Harold Overdon, ashore and afloat, page 98
    • With my usual luck I found that the castle would not be open until three o'clock, as it was now noon I did not care to wait all that time, so "topping my boom" we went on to Tonbridge Wells by a hilly road.1880, Nauticus, Nauticus on his hobby horse, or the adventures of a sailor during a tricycle cruise of 1427 miles

Forms of top one's boom

third-person singular presenttops one's boom
present participletopping one's boom
past participletopped one's boom
pasttopped one's boom

Origin of top one's boom

Originally referring to maximizing the sail on a ship.

Questions about top one's boom

What does top one's boom mean?
Top one's boom means to depart quickly.
What part of speech is top one's boom?
Top one's boom is a verb.
What is the past tense of top one's boom?
The past tense of top one's boom is topped one's boom.

Words near top one's boom in the dictionary

  1. top of the hour
  2. top of the line
  3. top of the morning
  4. top of the shop
  5. top off
  6. top one's boom
  7. top oneself
  8. top order
  9. top orders
  10. top out
  11. top pair

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