bang
v.— «Last year we’re down 7-3 in New York and they bang the game after 32 minutes.» —“When it rains it pours—Twins all wet again” by Dennis Brackin Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minn.) Mar. 22, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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