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find one's account

find one's account verb: to find satisfactory profit or advantage (in something).

Verb

find one's account (third-person singular simple present finds one's account, present participle finding one's account, simple past and past participle found one's account)

  1. (dated) To find satisfactory profit or advantage (in something).

Forms of find one's account

third-person singular presentfinds one's account
present participlefinding one's account
past participlefound one's account
pastfound one's account

Origin of find one's account

Compare French trouver son compte.

Questions about find one's account

What does find one's account mean?
Find one's account means to find satisfactory profit or advantage (in something).
What part of speech is find one's account?
Find one's account is a verb.
What is the past tense of find one's account?
The past tense of find one's account is found one's account.

Words near find one's account in the dictionary

  1. find God
  2. find in
  3. find it in one's heart
  4. find it in oneself
  5. find no bones in
  6. find one's account
  7. find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
  8. find one's feet
  9. find one's legs
  10. find one's place
  11. find one's tongue

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