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call a lid

call a lid verb: to inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.

Verb

call a lid (third-person singular simple present calls a lid, present participle calling a lid, simple past and past participle called a lid)

  1. (idiomatic) To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.

Forms of call a lid

third-person singular presentcalls a lid
present participlecalling a lid
past participlecalled a lid
pastcalled a lid

Questions about call a lid

What does call a lid mean?
Call a lid means to inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.
What part of speech is call a lid?
Call a lid is a verb.
What is the past tense of call a lid?
The past tense of call a lid is called a lid.

Words near call a lid in the dictionary

  1. call
  2. call 'em as one sees 'em
  3. call a cab
  4. call a go
  5. call a halt
  6. call a lid
  7. call a shovel a shovel
  8. call a spade a shovel
  9. call a spade a spade
  10. call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
  11. call a spade a spade, not a big spoon

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