"front-desk" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: front-desks [present, singular, third-person], front-desking [participle, present], front-desked [participle, past], front-desked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} front-desk (third-person singular simple present front-desks, present participle front-desking, simple past and past participle front-desked)
  1. (immigration law, of a claim for legalization) To be denied by an INS agent without filing because the officer believes the application invalid at face value.
    Sense id: en-front-desk-en-verb-6wphkow0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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