yank around in English

Forms: yanks around [present, singular, third-person], yanking around [participle, present], yanked around [participle, past], yanked around [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} yank around (third-person singular simple present yanks around, present participle yanking around, simple past and past participle yanked around)

Inflected forms

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"yank around" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms