dun
verb (used with object)
to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
have dunned
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present perfectof dun.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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P.S.—I forgot to tell you that the bank's guarantee company and the general manager of the bank itself have dunned me for your part of the Banfield loss, fifty dollars.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen
"The account has been standing nearly a year, and I have dunned you for it until I am sick and tired."
From Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Would you have dunned me, and told me of it once a week?
From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
Now most folks would have dunned me right off for the damage.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by John Turvill Adams
I meant to have dunned him for yours.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe
