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yanking around

yanking around is the present participle and gerund of yank around.

Meaning of yank around

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

Questions about yanking around

What is yanking around the present participle and gerund of?
Yanking around is the present participle and gerund of yank around.

Words near yanking around in the dictionary

  1. Yankeys
  2. Yankies
  3. Yankification
  4. yankify
  5. yanking
  6. yanking around
  7. yanking off
  8. yanking one's crank
  9. yanking someone's chain
  10. yankism
  11. yankisms

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