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reverse commuter
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noun
a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of reverse commuter
First recorded in 1965–70
OTHER WORDS FROM reverse commuter
reverse commuting, nounWords nearby reverse commuter
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