poke along in English

Forms: pokes along [present, singular, third-person], poking along [participle, present], poked along [participle, past], poked along [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: poke + along Etymology templates: {{compound|en|poke|along}} poke + along Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} poke along (third-person singular simple present pokes along, present participle poking along, simple past and past participle poked along)

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "poke + along",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "poke + along",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "poked along",
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    },
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The horse-drawn carriage just poked along."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move along very slowly."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To move along very slowly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lag"
        },
        {
          "word": "tarry"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "poke along"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "poke",
        "3": "along"
      },
      "expansion": "poke + along",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "poke + along",
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    {
      "form": "pokes along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poking along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poked along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poked along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
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        {
          "text": "The horse-drawn carriage just poked along."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move along very slowly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To move along very slowly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lag"
    },
    {
      "word": "tarry"
    }
  ],
  "word": "poke along"
}

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"poke along" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms