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Definition of tarry verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tarry

verb

NAmE//ˈtæri//

[intransitive] (old use or )Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tarry

he / she / it tarries

past simple tarried

-ing form tarrying

(literary) to stay in a place, especially when you ought to leave; to delay coming to or going from a place synonym linger

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