plural of barrister

simple past tense and past participle of pretune

(transitive) To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place. / (cricket) To bowl. / (transitive, slang) To commit (someone) to a prison term.

Used to show that the thing just referred to is not ideal or does not support the argument, but that the situation cannot be improved upon, or the speaker is unwilling to try.