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have one's bread buttered on both sides

have one's bread buttered on both sides verb: synonym of butter one's bread on both sides (“profit from two things at once”).

Verb

have one's bread buttered on both sides (third-person singular simple present has one's bread buttered on both sides, present participle having one's bread buttered on both sides, simple past and past participle had one's bread buttered on both sides)

  1. Synonym of butter one's bread on both sides (“profit from two things at once”).

Synonyms of have one's bread buttered on both sides

Forms of have one's bread buttered on both sides

third-person singular presenthas one's bread buttered on both sides
present participlehaving one's bread buttered on both sides
past participlehad one's bread buttered on both sides
pasthad one's bread buttered on both sides

Questions about have one's bread buttered on both sides

What does have one's bread buttered on both sides mean?
Have one's bread buttered on both sides means synonym of butter one's bread on both sides (“profit from two things at once”).
What part of speech is have one's bread buttered on both sides?
Have one's bread buttered on both sides is a verb.
What is the past tense of have one's bread buttered on both sides?
The past tense of have one's bread buttered on both sides is had one's bread buttered on both sides.

Words near have one's bread buttered on both sides in the dictionary

  1. have one more time
  2. have one's act together
  3. have one's ass handed to one
  4. have one's back up
  5. have one's bread buttered for life
  6. have one's bread buttered on both sides
  7. have one's cake and eat it
  8. have one's cake and eat it too
  9. have one's ducks in a row
  10. have one's ears lowered
  11. have one's ears on

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