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sparspar /spɑr/ verb (sparred, sparring) [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYsparOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from spur VERB TABLEspar |
Present | I, you, we, they | spar | | he, she, it | spars | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sparred | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sparred | | he, she, it | has sparred | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sparred | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spar | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sparred |
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Present | I | am sparring | | he, she, it | is sparring | | you, we, they | are sparring | Past | I, he, she, it | was sparring | | you, we, they | were sparring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sparring | | he, she, it | has been sparring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sparring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sparring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sparring |
1to practice boxing with someone2to argue with someone, especially in a pleasant friendly way: spar with/over Republicans are still sparring with Democrats over the health bill. → see also sparring match, sparring partner |