pants
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- Pants are a type of cloths worn on the legs. A pair of pants has a covering for each leg.
- Pants were traditionally worn by men, but now women wear them too.
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To talk about one piece of clothing we say, "a pair of pants." For more than one we say, "pairs of pants." You can just say "pants" for one pair.
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- The third-person singular form of pant.
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- If you pants a person, you pull their pants down.