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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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