lash out

lash out
phrasal verb
Word forms "lash out":
present tense I/you/we/they lash out he/she/it lashes out present participle lashing out past tense lashed out past participle lashed out
1) [intransitive] to try to hit or attack someone suddenly and violently
lash out at:

Occasionally the patients will lash out at the nurses.

2) [intransitive] to criticize someone or something angrily

They lashed out at the council's move to stop free parking.

3) [intransitive/transitive] British to spend a lot of money on something

We lashed out £60 each on the best seats.


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