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Definition of pall verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pall

verb
 
/pɔːl/
 
/pɔːl/
[intransitive] not used in the progressive tenses
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pall
 
/pɔːl/
 
/pɔːl/
he / she / it palls
 
/pɔːlz/
 
/pɔːlz/
past simple palled
 
/pɔːld/
 
/pɔːld/
past participle palled
 
/pɔːld/
 
/pɔːld/
past simple palling
 
/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/
 
/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/
past participle palling
 
/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/
 
/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/
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  1. pall (on somebody) to become less interesting to somebody over a period of time because they have done or seen it too much
    • Even the impressive scenery began to pall on me after a few hundred miles.
    Word Originverb late Middle English: shortening of appal.
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