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judge a book by its cover

judge a book by its cover verb: to make judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.

Verb

judge a book by its cover (third-person singular simple present judges a book by its cover, present participle judging a book by its cover, simple past and past participle judged a book by its cover)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To make judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.

Forms of judge a book by its cover

third-person singular presentjudges a book by its cover
present participlejudging a book by its cover
past participlejudged a book by its cover
pastjudged a book by its cover

Questions about judge a book by its cover

What does judge a book by its cover mean?
Judge a book by its cover means to make judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.
What part of speech is judge a book by its cover?
Judge a book by its cover is a verb.
What is the past tense of judge a book by its cover?
The past tense of judge a book by its cover is judged a book by its cover.

Words near judge a book by its cover in the dictionary

  1. Judezmo
  2. judg
  3. Judg.
  4. judgable
  5. judge
  6. judge a book by its cover
  7. judge advocate
  8. judge advocates
  9. Judge Lynch
  10. judge not, lest ye be judged
  11. judge not, that ye be not judged

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