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bully2 past tense and past participle bullied, present participle bullying, third person singular bullies [transitive]
1 to threaten to hurt someone or frighten them, especially someone smaller or weaker
2 to put pressure on someone in order to make them do what you want
—bullying noun [uncountable]
an attempt to tackle the problem of bullying in schools
an attempt to tackle the problem of bullying in schoolsbully off
phrasal verbDSO to start a game of hockey
—bully-off noun [countable]




