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excursion

/ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/ verb C2
  1. To go on a recreational trip or excursion. (intransitive)

He/she/it excursions · Past excursioned · Past participle excursioned · -ing form excursioning

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Verb forms

Base form
excursion
He/she/it
excursions
Past
excursioned
Past participle
excursioned
-ing form
excursioning

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It was late that night when Holmes returned from his solitary excursion.
The Valley of Fear, p. 78 · C1
It was nearly one o’clock when Sherlock Holmes returned from his excursion.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 52 · B2
Such of my readers as have made a pedestrian excursion to the south of France may perchance have noticed, about midway between the town of Beaucaire and the village of Bellegarde,—a little nearer to the former than to the latter,—a small roadside inn, from the front of which hung, creaking and flapping in the wind, a sheet of tin covered with a grotesque representation of the Pont du Gard.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 277 · C1
Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 76 · C1

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