doorknob
/ˈdɔɹ.nɑb/ verb C2- (especially psychiatry) To suddenly bring up a time-consuming topic when very little time remains to discuss it, often as a tactic to avoid conversation.
He/she/it doorknobs · Past doorknobbed · Past participle doorknobbed · -ing form doorknobbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- doorknob
- He/she/it
- doorknobs
- Past
- doorknobbed
- Past participle
- doorknobbed
- -ing form
- doorknobbing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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