hatch, match, and dispatch
hatch, match, and dispatch noun: the major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.
Noun
hatch, match, and dispatch (plural hatches, matches, and dispatches)
- The major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.
- “We get the news, especially the important hatch, match, and dispatch info” (as the births, marriages, and deaths columns were referred to). “But we also have it as foot warmers, and we cut it up into toilet paper, too..."2004, Bill Cullen, It's a Long Way from Penny Apples
- He gave great attention and care to 'hatch, match and dispatch', exulting when those whom he had married in Chapel brought back their offspring to be baptised.2012, Roger Holloway, Revd Roger Holloway Obe Ma
Verb
hatch, match, and dispatch (third-person singular simple present hatches, matches, and dispatches, present participle hatching, matching, and dispatching, simple past and past participle hatched, matched, and dispatched)
- To preside over the ceremonies surrounding birth and naming, marriage, and funerals or memorial services.
- It is no longer sufficient for rabbis to "hatch, match and dispatch," to serve as CEO's of synagogues or to preside over annual High Holiday pilgrimages.1997, Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility - Issues 525-544, page 8
- The Independent reports that the Church of England "is facing the final nail in the coffin of its claim to 'hatch, match and dispatch' the nation.1998, The Living Church - Volume 217, page 131
Forms of hatch, match, and dispatch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hatches, matches, and dispatches |
| alternative form | hatch, match and despatch |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hatches, matches, and dispatches |
| present participle | hatching, matching, and dispatching |
| past participle | hatched, matched, and dispatched |
| past | hatched, matched, and dispatched |
Origin of hatch, match, and dispatch
hatch suggests birth, as in the hatching of an egg; match suggests marriage, as in the matching of bride and groom; and dispatch suggests death.
Questions about hatch, match, and dispatch
- What does hatch, match, and dispatch mean?
- Hatch, match, and dispatch means the major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.
- What part of speech is hatch, match, and dispatch?
- Hatch, match, and dispatch can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hatch, match, and dispatch?
- The plural of hatch, match, and dispatch is hatches, matches, and dispatches.
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