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hides one's light under a bushel

hides one's light under a bushel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hide one's light under a bushel.

Meaning of hide one's light under a bushel

Verb

hide one's light under a bushel (third-person singular simple present hides one's light under a bushel, present participle hiding one's light under a bushel, simple past hid one's light under a bushel, past participle hidden one's light under a bushel)

  1. (idiomatic) To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention.
    • O then doe not knit vp your Maſters talent in a Napkin; ſmother not his light vnder a buſhell; […] but aboue all, ſquander not avvay your rich portions by riotous living.[1624 March 23 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Saunderson [i.e., Robert Sanderson], “[Ad Clerum.] The Third Sermon. At a Visitation at Boston Lincoln[shire] 13. March. 1624.”, in Twelve...

Questions about hides one's light under a bushel

What is hides one's light under a bushel the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hides one's light under a bushel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hide one's light under a bushel.

Words near hides one's light under a bushel in the dictionary

  1. hiders
  2. hides
  3. hides away
  4. hides behind
  5. hides in plain sight
  6. hides one's light under a bushel
  7. hides out
  8. hides the ball
  9. hides the salami
  10. hides the sausage
  11. hides the weenie

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