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had a crow to pull

had a crow to pull is the simple past and past participle of have a crow to pull.

Meaning of have a crow to pull

Verb

have a crow to pull (third-person singular simple present has a crow to pull, present participle having a crow to pull, simple past and past participle had a crow to pull)

  1. (obsolete) To have a point of contention (with someone); to have a bone to pick.
    • Philip, the King of Macedon, who had so many crowes to pul with the Romanes, […] resolved at last to seize upon al their children whom he had caused to be murthered, that so he might day by day one after another rid the world of them, and so establish his safety., II.27

Questions about had a crow to pull

What is had a crow to pull the simple past and past participle of?
Had a crow to pull is the simple past and past participle of have a crow to pull.

Words near had a crow to pull in the dictionary

  1. had a care
  2. had a clue
  3. had a cob on
  4. had a cow
  5. had a crack at
  6. had a crow to pull
  7. had a dog and barked oneself
  8. had a dog in the fight
  9. had a fable for
  10. had a face on
  11. had a few too many

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