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gather one's wits

gather one's wits verb: synonym of collect one's thoughts.

Verb

gather one's wits (third-person singular simple present gathers one's wits, present participle gathering one's wits, simple past and past participle gathered one's wits)

  1. Synonym of collect one's thoughts.

Synonyms of gather one's wits

Forms of gather one's wits

third-person singular presentgathers one's wits
present participlegathering one's wits
past participlegathered one's wits
pastgathered one's wits

Questions about gather one's wits

What does gather one's wits mean?
Gather one's wits means synonym of collect one's thoughts.
What part of speech is gather one's wits?
Gather one's wits is a verb.
What is the past tense of gather one's wits?
The past tense of gather one's wits is gathered one's wits.

Words near gather one's wits in the dictionary

  1. Gathang
  2. gathas
  3. gather
  4. gather dust
  5. gather one's thoughts
  6. gather one's wits
  7. gather oneself
  8. gather oneself together
  9. gather pace
  10. gather rosebuds
  11. gather speed

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