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v. - Stop a car directly behind another vehicle.

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Usage examples (23)
  • Yes, dear readers, I had to parallel-park a sixteen-foot moving truck on a busy city street.
  • A moment later, she executed a careful parallel-park maneuver between two cars on Bryant, right outside Susie's.
  • Though newly licensed by the state of Pennsylvania to drive a car, Eisenhower had not been dexterous enough to parallel-park the huge Chrysler Imperial.
  • " Like Smart cars but smarter, " says Mr. Bennett, because Daimler AG ' s two-seater Smart ForTwo minicars, though shorter than meter-maid cars, have to parallel-park...
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