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brings owls to Athens

brings owls to Athens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bring owls to Athens.

Meaning of bring owls to Athens

Verb

bring owls to Athens (third-person singular simple present brings owls to Athens, present participle bringing owls to Athens, simple past and past participle brought owls to Athens)

  1. (idiomatic) To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.
    • Euelpides: Who brings owls to Athens?414 BCE, Aristophanes, Ian C. Johnston (translator into English), The Birds

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Brings owls to Athens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bring owls to Athens.

Words near brings owls to Athens in the dictionary

  1. brings out
  2. brings out in a rash
  3. brings out of oneself
  4. brings out of the woodwork
  5. brings over
  6. brings owls to Athens
  7. brings round
  8. brings sand to the beach
  9. brings suit
  10. brings the curtain down
  11. brings the house down

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