bandy about in English

Forms: bandies about [present, singular, third-person], bandying about [participle, present], bandied about [participle, past], bandied about [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bandy about (third-person singular simple present bandies about, present participle bandying about, simple past and past participle bandied about)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "bandies about",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To talk about something frequently, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bandy around"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "bandy about"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bandies about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bandying about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandied about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandied about",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "text": "There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet."
        }
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"bandy about" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms