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trade away

trade away verb: to relinquish, to yield.

Verb

trade away (third-person singular simple present trades away, present participle trading away, simple past and past participle traded away)

  1. (transitive) To relinquish, to yield.
    • The team traded away their best player.

Forms of trade away

third-person singular presenttrades away
present participletrading away
past participletraded away
pasttraded away

Questions about trade away

What does trade away mean?
Trade away means to relinquish, to yield.
What part of speech is trade away?
Trade away is a verb.
What is the past tense of trade away?
The past tense of trade away is traded away.

Words near trade away in the dictionary

  1. trade acceptance
  2. trade acceptances
  3. trade agreement
  4. trade agreements
  5. trade association
  6. trade away
  7. trade balance
  8. trade balances
  9. trade barrier
  10. trade barriers
  11. trade bazooka

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