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AVOUCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does avouch mean?
• AVOUCH (verb)
The verb AVOUCH has 1 sense:
1. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
Familiarity information: AVOUCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
avouch; avow
Hypernyms (to "avouch" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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