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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rubbish.

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Examples

  • NAFTA: He never 'rubbished' it, as you so callously put it.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • NAFTA: He never 'rubbished' it, as you so callously put it.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Next day, Blue Bear and Green Bear were very angry - and stood on the great steps of the glass palace and 'rubbished' the Yellow Bears unmercifully.

    Once Upon a Time in Wales... 2007

  • Next day, Blue Bear and Green Bear were very angry - and stood on the great steps of the glass palace and 'rubbished' the Yellow Bears unmercifully.

    What a Bl***y Shambles Glyn Davies 2007

  • Next day, Blue Bear and Green Bear were very angry - and stood on the great steps of the glass palace and 'rubbished' the Yellow Bears unmercifully.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • Peter taught us all a valuable lesson last month about being careful about what is written on the weblog when he 'rubbished' Ming Cambell and found himself all over the UK news.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Glyn Davies 2006

  • If the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) failed to reach agreement on a final document, it would be "rubbished" by those wanting it to fail and by the media, United Nations High

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • Every announcement by the Tories is immediately 'rubbished' by the BBC and the Tory opinion is never discussed.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Cele said South Africa was "rubbished" in the rest of the world ahead of the tournament, and the police's World Cup team literally had to live on an airplane to stop the anti-South

    Mail & Guardian Online 2010

  • Crossbench peer Lord Erroll said behavioural advertising could make many people's lives easier and therefore should not be "rubbished" out of hand.

    BBC News | Technology | World Edition 2009

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