work the crowd in English

Audio: En-au-work the crowd.ogg

Forms: works the crowd [present, singular, third-person], working the crowd [participle, present], worked the crowd [participle, past], worked the crowd [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work the crowd (third-person singular simple present works the crowd, present participle working the crowd, simple past and past participle worked the crowd)

Inflected forms

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"work the crowd" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms