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lays eggs

lays eggs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay eggs.

Meaning of lay eggs

Verb

lay eggs (third-person singular simple present lays eggs, present participle laying eggs, simple past and past participle laid eggs)

  1. (idiomatic) To produce a string of failures or flops.
    • Despite his dictum that “when you get a sex story in biblical garb, you can open your own mint,” this particular turkey was laying eggs all over America.1991, Peter Hay, Movie Anecdotes, page 111

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What is lays eggs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lays eggs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay eggs.

Words near lays eggs in the dictionary

  1. lays down one's arms
  2. lays down one's life
  3. lays down one's weapons
  4. lays down the law
  5. lays down the marker
  6. lays eggs
  7. lays eyes on
  8. lays for
  9. lays hands on
  10. lays hold on
  11. lays hold upon

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