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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dumb .
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Examples
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The same could probably be said for any attention-seeking female who "dumbs" themselves down in this way.
Personal Branding and Sexuality floreta 2009
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The same could probably be said for any attention-seeking female who "dumbs" themselves down in this way.
Archive 2009-11-01 floreta 2009
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And believe me I can tell the bums from the dumbs.
Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd – A Big Man « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2010
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In what I think is a compliment, you'd never guess that these red are partly made from California grapes, as they don't have any one overpowering quality that dumbs them down to fruit bomb status.
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And believe me I can tell the bums from the dumbs.
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Wherever myth exists, it patronises its audience, it over-simplifies, it dumbs down.
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In what I think is a compliment, you'd never guess that these red are partly made from California grapes, as they don't have any one overpowering quality that dumbs them down to fruit bomb status.
Bryan Calandrelli 2009
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I was starting to miss those dumbs questions ... oh wait, no I wasnt
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To approach this as an all or nothing argument dumbs down the conversation.
Lisa Earle McLeod: Why People Become Extremists During Arguments Lisa Earle McLeod 2011
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I was starting to miss those dumbs questions ... oh wait, no I wasnt
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