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blend into the woodwork

blend into the woodwork verb: to become unnoticed and seem to disappear.

Verb

blend into the woodwork (third-person singular simple present blends into the woodwork, present participle blending into the woodwork, simple past and past participle blended into the woodwork)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To become unnoticed and seem to disappear.
    Synonyms:
    disappear into the woodwork

Synonyms of blend into the woodwork

  • disappear into the woodwork

Antonyms

Forms of blend into the woodwork

third-person singular presentblends into the woodwork
present participleblending into the woodwork
past participleblended into the woodwork
pastblended into the woodwork

Questions about blend into the woodwork

What does blend into the woodwork mean?
Blend into the woodwork means to become unnoticed and seem to disappear.
What part of speech is blend into the woodwork?
Blend into the woodwork is a verb.
What is the past tense of blend into the woodwork?
The past tense of blend into the woodwork is blended into the woodwork.

Words near blend into the woodwork in the dictionary

  1. blenchings
  2. Blencow
  3. Blencowe
  4. blend
  5. blend in
  6. blend into the woodwork
  7. blend shape
  8. blend shapes
  9. blend time
  10. blend times
  11. blend up

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