Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, slang)To show contempt for someone or something.

    You just completely spat on my job performance here.

    I spit on them!

Examples

58 sentences
  1. Tom spat on Mary.

    Том плюнув у Мері.

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  2. You spit on Tom, didn't you?

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  3. A gentleman would not spit on the street.

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  4. It infuriates me when people spit on the sidewalk.

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  5. I didn't spit on your shoes.

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Forms

spits on, spitting on, spat on, spat on
Base formspit on · to spit on
3rd person singularspits on
Present participlespitting on
Past simplespat on / spit on
Past participlespat on / spit on

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspit on
he, she, itspits on

Past simpleLesson

all personsspat on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spat on
he, she, ithas spat on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spit on

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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