"wreck shop" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wreck shop.ogg [Australia] Forms: wrecks shop [present, singular, third-person], wrecking shop [participle, present], wrecked shop [participle, past], wrecked shop [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wreck shop (third-person singular simple present wrecks shop, present participle wrecking shop, simple past and past participle wrecked shop)
  1. (slang) To "go to town", to do something with vigor, very enthusiastically. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wreck_shop-en-verb-D0lEwSKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. (slang) To make a mess. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wreck_shop-en-verb-jfg7FoIF

Download JSON data for wreck shop meaning in English (1.8kB)

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