flex on in English

Forms: flexes on [present, singular, third-person], flexing on [participle, present], flexed on [participle, past], flexed on [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flex on (third-person singular simple present flexes on, present participle flexing on, simple past and past participle flexed on)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "flexes on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flexing on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flexed on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flexed on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone)."
      ],
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        "(slang) To bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone)."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "flex on"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flexes on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flexing on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flexed on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flexed on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "To bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone)."
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        "(slang) To bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone)."
      ],
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"flex on" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms