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dip out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (informal) To leave a place without informing anyone.
  2. To miss out on seeing a bird, especially one that is rare or difficult to observe.
    • That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough. 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 27:

Forms

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dipped out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dipped out Tense=Past lexicographic
dipping out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dips out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic