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- verb Present participle of
bandy .
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Examples
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He saw that the man had drunk too much, and the idea of bandying words in the attempt to rebuke him was distasteful.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) J. Andr�� [Illustrator] Castaigne 1881
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There is no reason to believe that the caps TWC is bandying about will cause a single person to redesign a single web site.
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It's not like they don't know what's coming …29 mins "If we're bandying around present horror stories, we asked my father in law for a toaster and a cookbook," writes Hugh Collins.
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The progress comes as Google has been bandying the channel idea around Hollywood for months, as it tries to reposition the web video juggernaut as more formidable competitor to TV.
YouTube Prepares to Launch Scheduled Channels Jessica E. Vascellaro 2011
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We counted several occurrences of this phrase during a recent scene, with folks of every age and creed hilariously bandying about variations on the awkward verbiage.
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Of course, simply bandying names about isn't the point.
Robert Greenwald: WATCH: Who's Wrecking America? Vote on the 1% Nominees Robert Greenwald 2011
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“It really is smashing, Dryden,” said Teddy, bandying about his new mot du jour.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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When people were bandying about various names for the Terps head football coach job opening, there was a lot of chatter about who would help put bodies in seats.
Buy Terps season tickets and $ave Dan Steinberg 2011
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“It really is smashing, Dryden,” said Teddy, bandying about his new mot du jour.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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In recent days, each side has been describing the other in increasingly vitriolic terms, bandying around words such as "disingenuous" and "lying" in private.
Phone hacking: two News of the World journalists arrested 2011
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