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have two strings to one's bow

have two strings to one's bow verb: to have another means or expedient kept in reserve in case the current one fails.

Verb

have two strings to one's bow (third-person singular simple present has two strings to one's bow, present participle having two strings to one's bow, simple past and past participle had two strings to one's bow)

  1. To have another means or expedient kept in reserve in case the current one fails.

Forms of have two strings to one's bow

third-person singular presenthas two strings to one's bow
present participlehaving two strings to one's bow
past participlehad two strings to one's bow
pasthad two strings to one's bow

Questions about have two strings to one's bow

What does have two strings to one's bow mean?
Have two strings to one's bow means to have another means or expedient kept in reserve in case the current one fails.
What part of speech is have two strings to one's bow?
Have two strings to one's bow is a verb.
What is the past tense of have two strings to one's bow?
The past tense of have two strings to one's bow is had two strings to one's bow.

Words near have two strings to one's bow in the dictionary

  1. have time on one's side
  2. have to
  3. have to say for oneself
  4. have truck and trade with
  5. have truck with
  6. have two strings to one's bow
  7. have up
  8. have Van Gogh's ear for music
  9. have way
  10. have wind in one's jaw
  11. have words

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