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punt

/pʌnt/ verb C2
  1. To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
  2. Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.

He/she/it punts · Past punted · Past participle punted · -ing form punting

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Verb forms

Base form
punt
He/she/it
punts
Past
punted
Past participle
punted
-ing form
punting

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Stevenson is fast enough, but he couldn’t drop from the twenty-five line, and a three-quarter who can’t either punt or drop isn’t worth a place for pace alone.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 100 · C1

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