understand trap
understand trap verb: to be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on.
Verb
understand trap (third-person singular simple present understands trap, present participle understanding trap, simple past and past participle understood trap)
- To be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on.
- ‘Yes! yes!’ said Mr Doughty, another tradesman, ‘we understand trap, and so does our good neighbour.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 345
- Chapter III: Of Peter Stuyvesant's expedition into the East Country, showing that though an old bird, he did not understand trap.1809, Washington Irving, A History of New York
Forms of understand trap
| third-person singular present | understands trap |
|---|---|
| present participle | understanding trap |
| past participle | understood trap |
| past | understood trap |
Questions about understand trap
- What does understand trap mean?
- Understand trap means to be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on.
- What part of speech is understand trap?
- Understand trap is a verb.
- What is the past tense of understand trap?
- The past tense of understand trap is understood trap.
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