draw a bead on in English

Forms: draws a bead on [present, singular, third-person], drawing a bead on [participle, present], drew a bead on [past], drawn a bead on [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|draw<,,drew,drawn> a bead on}} draw a bead on (third-person singular simple present draws a bead on, present participle drawing a bead on, simple past drew a bead on, past participle drawn a bead on)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "draws a bead on",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawing a bead on",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drew a bead on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawn a bead on",
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "1892, Mark Twain, Meisterschaft: In Three Acts, act II, scene I, page 188",
          "text": "(As George gets fairly into the following, Gretchen draws a bead on him, and lets drive at the close, but the gun snaps.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To aim a gun at."
      ],
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          "aim",
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          "gun",
          "gun"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To aim a gun at."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "take a bead on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "draw a bead on"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "draws a bead on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawing a bead on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drew a bead on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawn a bead on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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          "ref": "1892, Mark Twain, Meisterschaft: In Three Acts, act II, scene I, page 188",
          "text": "(As George gets fairly into the following, Gretchen draws a bead on him, and lets drive at the close, but the gun snaps.)",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To aim a gun at."
      ],
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          "gun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, slang) To aim a gun at."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "take a bead on"
        }
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "draw a bead on"
}

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"draw a bead on" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms