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TWO-TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two-time mean? 

TWO-TIME (verb)
  The verb TWO-TIME has 1 sense:

1. carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same timeplay

  Familiarity information: TWO-TIME used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TWO-TIME (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they two-time  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it two-times  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: two-timed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: two-timed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: two-timing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "two-time" is one way to...):

betray; cheat; cheat on; cuckold; wander (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


 Context examples 


She may have been two-timing you with another client, who also bids and wins the house.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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