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yank around

yank around verb: synonym of jerk around (“to cheat or treat unfairly”).

Verb

yank around (third-person singular simple present yanks around, present participle yanking around, simple past and past participle yanked around)

  1. (informal, transitive) Synonym of jerk around (“to cheat or treat unfairly”).
    Synonyms:
    jerk around

Synonyms of yank around

Forms of yank around

third-person singular presentyanks around
present participleyanking around
past participleyanked around
pastyanked around

Questions about yank around

What does yank around mean?
Yank around means synonym of jerk around (“to cheat or treat unfairly”).
What part of speech is yank around?
Yank around is a verb.
What is the past tense of yank around?
The past tense of yank around is yanked around.

Words near yank around in the dictionary

  1. Yanity
  2. Yanji
  3. Yanjin
  4. Yanjing
  5. yank
  6. yank around
  7. yank off
  8. yank one's crank
  9. yank someone's chain
  10. yank someone's crank
  11. Yank tank

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