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fixes the roof while the sun is shining

fixes the roof while the sun is shining is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fix the roof while the sun is shining.

Meaning of fix the roof while the sun is shining

Verb

fix the roof while the sun is shining (third-person singular simple present fixes the roof while the sun is shining, present participle fixing the roof while the sun is shining, simple past and past participle fixed the roof while the sun was shining)

  1. (idiomatic, proverbial) To deal with a problem or potential problem while conditions are favorable.
    • You state it well: we should fix the roof while the sun is shining, and expand our nuclear-electric generating capacity while interest rates are low1986, The Economist - Volume 299 - Page 4

Questions about fixes the roof while the sun is shining

What is fixes the roof while the sun is shining the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fixes the roof while the sun is shining is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fix the roof while the sun is shining.

Words near fixes the roof while the sun is shining in the dictionary

  1. fixes
  2. fixes on
  3. fixes someone's clock
  4. fixes someone's flint
  5. fixes someone's wagon
  6. fixes the roof while the sun is shining
  7. fixes to
  8. fixes up
  9. fixes upon
  10. fixest
  11. fixeth

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