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buttered one's bread on both sides

buttered one's bread on both sides is the simple past and past participle of butter one's bread on both sides.

Meaning of butter one's bread on both sides

Verb

butter one's bread on both sides (third-person singular simple present butters one's bread on both sides, present participle buttering one's bread on both sides, simple past and past participle buttered one's bread on both sides)

  1. (idiomatic) To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.

Questions about buttered one's bread on both sides

What is buttered one's bread on both sides the simple past and past participle of?
Buttered one's bread on both sides is the simple past and past participle of butter one's bread on both sides.

Words near buttered one's bread on both sides in the dictionary

  1. buttercups
  2. butterdock
  3. buttered
  4. buttered beer
  5. buttered down
  6. buttered one's bread on both sides
  7. buttered out
  8. buttered someone's biscuit
  9. buttered the cony
  10. buttered up
  11. Butterell

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