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bandy around — ˌbandy a ˈround ˌbandy a ˈbout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bandy around he/she/it bandies around present participle bandying around … Useful english dictionary
bandy around — phrasal verb bandy around or bandy about [transitive] Word forms bandy around : present tense I/you/we/they bandy around he/she/it bandies around present participle bandying around past tense bandied around past participle bandied around to… … English dictionary
bandy about — verb discuss casually bandy about an idea • Hypernyms: ↑hash out, ↑discuss, ↑talk over • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˌbandy a ˈround … Useful english dictionary
bandy about — phrasal verb bandy around or bandy about [transitive] Word forms bandy around : present tense I/you/we/they bandy around he/she/it bandies around present participle bandying around past tense bandied around past participle bandied around to… … English dictionary
bandy — I UK [ˈbændɪ] / US verb Word forms bandy : present tense I/you/we/they bandy he/she/it bandies present participle bandying past tense bandied past participle bandied bandy words Phrasal verbs: bandy around II UK [ˈbændɪ] / US adjective Word forms … English dictionary
bandy — [[t]bæ̱ndi[/t]] bandies, bandying, bandied VERB If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them. [V n with n] Brand shook his head. He was tired of bandying words with the man... [V n adv] The prosecution and defense were bandying… … English dictionary
bandy about — or bandy around PHRASAL VERB: usu passive (disapproval) If someone s name or something such as an idea is bandied about or is bandied around, that person or that thing is discussed by many people in a casual way. [be V ed P] He whispered my name… … English dictionary
Bandy — is a winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick. It shares a common ancestry with ice hockey, in that it likely developed from the informal ball and stick on ice games known collectively as shinny. As such, the game is played outdoors on a… … Wikipedia
bandy — Ⅰ. bandy [1] ► ADJECTIVE (bandier, bandiest) ▪ (of a person s legs) curved outwards so that the knees are wide apart. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete bandy curved hockey stick . Ⅱ. bandy [2] ► … English terms dictionary
bandy something around — ˌbandy sthaˈbout/aˈround derived usually passive if a name, a word, a story, etc, is bandied about/around, it is mentioned frequently by many people • His name was being bandied about as a future prime minister. Main entry: ↑bandyderived … Useful english dictionary
