talk against time in English

Forms: talks against time [present, singular, third-person], talking against time [participle, present], talked against time [participle, past], talked against time [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk against time (third-person singular simple present talks against time, present participle talking against time, simple past and past participle talked against time)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "talks against time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talking against time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked against time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked against time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To keep on talking merely to fill up time, especially in parliament."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "parliament",
          "parliament"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "filibuster"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "talk against time"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "talks against time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talking against time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked against time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "talked against time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "filibuster"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep on talking merely to fill up time, especially in parliament."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parliament",
          "parliament"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "talk against time"
}

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"talk against time" meaning in English

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