parachute
/ˈpæɹəʃut/ verb C2- To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
- To introduce into a place using such a device. · The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
- To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
- To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
He/she/it parachutes · Past parachuted · Past participle parachuted · -ing form parachuting
Verb forms
- Base form
- parachute
- He/she/it
- parachutes
- Past
- parachuted
- Past participle
- parachuted
- -ing form
- parachuting
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