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worm out

worm out verb: to escape or free oneself from a duty.

Verb

worm out (third-person singular simple present worms out, present participle worming out, simple past and past participle wormed out)

  1. To escape or free oneself from a duty.

Forms of worm out

third-person singular presentworms out
present participleworming out
past participlewormed out
pastwormed out

Questions about worm out

What does worm out mean?
Worm out means to escape or free oneself from a duty.
What part of speech is worm out?
Worm out is a verb.
What is the past tense of worm out?
The past tense of worm out is wormed out.

Words near worm out in the dictionary

  1. worm months
  2. worm moon
  3. worm moons
  4. worm oil
  5. worm on a string
  6. worm out
  7. worm pick
  8. worm picks
  9. worm red
  10. worm screw
  11. worm screws

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