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carried a tune

carried a tune is the simple past and past participle of carry a tune.

Meaning of carry a tune

Verb

carry a tune (third-person singular simple present carries a tune, present participle carrying a tune, simple past and past participle carried a tune)

  1. To produce music, especially to sing, with accurate relative pitch.
    • Jenny is named for a singer and Fanny for a beautiful dancer, but mother says they're both misfits, for Jenny can't carry a tune and Fanny's kind of stiff-legged.1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 1, in Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm

Questions about carried a tune

What is carried a tune the simple past and past participle of?
Carried a tune is the simple past and past participle of carry a tune.

Words near carried a tune in the dictionary

  1. carridaries
  2. carrie
  3. carried
  4. carried a torch
  5. carried a torch for
  6. carried a tune
  7. carried all before one
  8. carried away
  9. carried coals to Newcastle
  10. carried conviction
  11. carried corn

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