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butters one's bread on both sides

butters one's bread on both sides is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 butters one's bread on both sides

What is butters one's bread on both sides the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Butters one's bread on both sides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butter one's bread on both sides.

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

  1. butteroil
  2. butteroils
  3. butterpop
  4. butters
  5. butters down
  6. butters one's bread on both sides
  7. butters out
  8. butters someone's biscuit
  9. butters the cony
  10. butters up
  11. butterscotch

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