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found one's tongue

found one's tongue is the simple past and past participle of find one's tongue.

Meaning of find one's tongue

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To speak after being unable to do so or after remaining silent; to find something to say.
    • HAVGHTY. Is this the silent woman?
      CENTAVRE. Nay, shee has found her tongue since shee was married, master TRVE-WIT sayes.1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

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What is found one's tongue the simple past and past participle of?
Found one's tongue is the simple past and past participle of find one's tongue.

Words near found one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. found one's account
  2. found one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
  3. found one's feet
  4. found one's legs
  5. found one's place
  6. found one's tongue
  7. found one's voice
  8. found one's way
  9. found oneself
  10. found ons
  11. found out

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