yo-yo
verb/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they yo-yo | /ˈjəʊ jəʊ/ /ˈjəʊ jəʊ/ |
| he / she / it yo-yos | /ˈjəʊ jəʊz/ /ˈjəʊ jəʊz/ |
| past simple yo-yoed | /ˈjəʊ jəʊd/ /ˈjəʊ jəʊd/ |
| past participle yo-yoed | /ˈjəʊ jəʊd/ /ˈjəʊ jəʊd/ |
| -ing form yo-yoing | /ˈjəʊ jəʊɪŋ/ /ˈjəʊ jəʊɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep.) to change repeatedly in size, amount, quality, etc. from one extreme to another
- When I was young my weight yo-yoed between 140 and 190 pounds.
- The paper industry has yo-yoed between boom and bust.
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