Columbus
/kəˈlʌmbəs/ verb C2- To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer.
- To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else.
He/she/it Columbuses · Past Columbused · Past participle Columbused · -ing form Columbusing
Verb forms
- Base form
- columbus
- He/she/it
- columbuses
- Past
- columbused
- Past participle
- columbused
- -ing form
- columbusing
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Tom, four years younger, had left for Columbus after high school, sold phones for a living and come home with a laptop full of plans.
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