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grins like a mule eating briars

grins like a mule eating briars is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grin like a mule eating briars.

Meaning of grin like a mule eating briars

Verb

grin like a mule eating briars (third-person singular simple present grins like a mule eating briars, present participle grinning like a mule eating briars, simple past and past participle grinned like a mule eating briars)

  1. (US, colloquial, simile) To grin very widely.

Questions about grins like a mule eating briars

What is grins like a mule eating briars the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grins like a mule eating briars is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grin like a mule eating briars.

Words near grins like a mule eating briars in the dictionary

  1. grinny
  2. grins
  3. grins and bears it
  4. grins and giggles
  5. grins from ear to ear
  6. grins like a mule eating briars
  7. grins-and-giggles
  8. Grinsell
  9. Grinshill
  10. grinsome
  11. Grinspan syndrome

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