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

spoke

verb

/spəʊk/

/spəʊk/

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past tense of speak
Word OriginOld English spāca, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch speek, German Speiche, from the base of the verb spike.

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put a spoke in somebody’s wheel

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