towel down in English

Forms: towels down [present, singular, third-person], toweling down [participle, present], towelling down [participle, present], toweled down [participle, past], toweled down [past], towelled down [participle, past], towelled down [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=towelled down|pres_ptc2=towelling down}} towel down (third-person singular simple present towels down, present participle toweling down or towelling down, simple past and past participle toweled down or towelled down)

Inflected forms

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"towel down" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms