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Definition of tar verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

tar

 verb
verb
NAmE//tɑr//
 
tar somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tar
 
 he / she / it tars
 
 past simple tarred
 
 -ing form tarring
 
 
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  • to cover something with tar a tarred road
    • Idioms
    be tarred with the same brush (as somebody)
     
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    to be thought to have the same faults, etc. as someone else
    tar and feather somebody
     
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    to put tar on someone then cover them with feathers, as a punishment
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