rhyme out
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To figure something out or say something by using rhyming words.
Literal meaning: To get something out using rhyme.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
(Archaic/dialectal) To express or determine something by means of rhyme.
"The old bard tried to rhyme out the answer to the riddle in verse."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Extremely rare in modern standard English. Learners are unlikely to need to produce this form. May appear in older literary texts, dialect speech, or as a nonce coinage.
Commonly used with
verse poem pattern answer
Forms
Base
rhyme out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
rhymes out
he/she/it
Past simple
rhymed out
yesterday
Past participle
rhymed out
have + pp
-ing form
rhyming out
continuous
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