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work the crowd

work the crowd verb: to work the room, or to do the equivalent with an outdoor audience.

Verb

work the crowd (third-person singular simple present works the crowd, present participle working the crowd, simple past and past participle worked the crowd)

  1. (idiomatic) To work the room, or to do the equivalent with an outdoor audience.

Forms of work the crowd

third-person singular presentworks the crowd
present participleworking the crowd
past participleworked the crowd
pastworked the crowd

Questions about work the crowd

What does work the crowd mean?
Work the crowd means to work the room, or to do the equivalent with an outdoor audience.
What part of speech is work the crowd?
Work the crowd is a verb.
What is the past tense of work the crowd?
The past tense of work the crowd is worked the crowd.

Words near work the crowd in the dictionary

  1. work surface
  2. work surfaces
  3. work the angles
  4. work the audience
  5. work the bar
  6. work the crowd
  7. work the hole
  8. work the hyphens
  9. work the line
  10. work the oracle
  11. work the refs

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