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under par

under par prepositional phrase: below par.

Prepositional phrase

  1. below par
    • Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC

Synonyms of under par

Forms of under par

alternative formunder-par

Questions about under par

What does under par mean?
Under par means below par.
What part of speech is under par?
Under par is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under par in the dictionary

  1. under one's very eyes
  2. under one's very nose
  3. under one's wing
  4. under over
  5. under pain of
  6. under par
  7. under protest
  8. under sail
  9. under seal
  10. Under Secretaries
  11. Under Secretary

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