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prone out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To lie flat on one's board (face down) in order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.
    • I proned out in the white water, letting the wave break over me inside, riding the white water into the deep channel. 2012, Ted Gugelyk, Mango Lady & Other Stories from Hawaii:
  2. (transitive) To order or cause a person to lie prone on the ground, usually at gunpoint and to effect a high-risk arrest.

Forms

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proned out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
proned out Tense=Past lexicographic
proning out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prones out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic