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howled at the moon

howled at the moon is the simple past and past participle of howl at the moon.

Meaning of howl at the moon

Verb

howl at the moon (third-person singular simple present howls at the moon, present participle howling at the moon, simple past and past participle howled at the moon)

  1. (idiomatic) To spend considerable time and effort fruitlessly in a hopeless endeavor.

Questions about howled at the moon

What is howled at the moon the simple past and past participle of?
Howled at the moon is the simple past and past participle of howl at the moon.

Words near howled at the moon in the dictionary

  1. Howlands
  2. howlarious
  3. howlback
  4. Howle
  5. howled
  6. howled at the moon
  7. howled down
  8. howled on
  9. howled out
  10. howler
  11. howler monkey

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