MEANING
To press or nag someone repeatedly into doing something they are reluctant or slow to do.
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On the page
I had to chivvy the committee into setting a date before the deadline passed.
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Word forms
- Base
- chivvy
- Past tense
- chivvied
- Past participle
- chivvied
- Present participle
- chivvying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- chivvy
- Present continuous
- am/is/are chivvying
- Present perfect
- have/has chivvied
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been chivvying
- Past
- chivvied
- Past continuous
- was/were chivvying
- Past perfect
- had chivvied
- Past perfect continuous
- had been chivvying
- Future
- will chivvy
- Future continuous
- will be chivvying
- Future perfect
- will have chivvied
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been chivvying
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