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have a crow to pull

have a crow to pull verb: to have a point of contention (with someone); to have a bone to pick.

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

Forms of have a crow to pull

third-person singular presenthas a crow to pull
present participlehaving a crow to pull
past participlehad a crow to pull
pasthad a crow to pull
alternative formhave a crow to pluck
alternative formhave a crow to pick

Questions about have a crow to pull

What does have a crow to pull mean?
Have a crow to pull means to have a point of contention (with someone); to have a bone to pick.
What part of speech is have a crow to pull?
Have a crow to pull is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a crow to pull?
The past tense of have a crow to pull is had a crow to pull.

Words near have a crow to pull in the dictionary

  1. have a clue
  2. have a cob on
  3. have a couple
  4. have a cow
  5. have a crack at
  6. have a crow to pull
  7. have a dog and bark oneself
  8. have a fable for
  9. have a face on
  10. have a fall
  11. have a few

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