"tend bar" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tends bar [present, singular, third-person], tending bar [participle, present], tended bar [participle, past], tended bar [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tend bar (third-person singular simple present tends bar, present participle tending bar, simple past and past participle tended bar)
  1. To work as a bartender.
    Sense id: en-tend_bar-en-verb-XRGaJDIE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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