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casts one's net wide

casts one's net wide is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cast one's net wide.

Meaning of cast one's net wide

Verb

cast one's net wide (third-person singular simple present casts one's net wide, present participle casting one's net wide, simple past and past participle cast one's net wide)

  1. (figuratively) To attempt a large number and variety of options.

Questions about casts one's net wide

What is casts one's net wide the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Casts one's net wide is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cast one's net wide.

Words near casts one's net wide in the dictionary

  1. casts oil on troubled waters
  2. casts on
  3. casts one's bread upon the waters
  4. casts one's mind back
  5. casts one's net far and wide
  6. casts one's net wide
  7. casts one's net wider
  8. casts one's vote
  9. casts out
  10. casts out the Devil with Beelzebub
  11. casts over

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