"ambulance-chase" meaning in All languages combined

See ambulance-chase on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: ambulance-chases [present, singular, third-person], ambulance-chasing [participle, present], ambulance-chased [participle, past], ambulance-chased [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from ambulance chasing. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|ambulance chasing}} Back-formation from ambulance chasing Head templates: {{en-verb}} ambulance-chase (third-person singular simple present ambulance-chases, present participle ambulance-chasing, simple past and past participle ambulance-chased)
  1. (derogatory) To engage in ambulance chasing. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-ambulance-chase-en-verb-UFC81RVh Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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