"burn pavement" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: burns pavement [present, singular, third-person], burning pavement [participle, present], burned pavement [participle, past], burned pavement [past], burnt pavement [participle, past], burnt pavement [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=burnt pavement}} burn pavement (third-person singular simple present burns pavement, present participle burning pavement, simple past and past participle burned pavement or burnt pavement)
  1. (slang) To drive on pavement at high speed. Tags: slang Related terms: burn rubber
    Sense id: en-burn_pavement-en-verb-6SPhTV7D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for burn pavement meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "ref": "2001, Xan Nowakowski, Final Days: Poems and Prose for the Adolescent Apocalypse, page 81",
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