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lifted all boats

lifted all boats is the simple past and past participle of lift all boats.

Meaning of lift all boats

Verb

lift all boats (third-person singular simple present lifts all boats, present participle lifting all boats, simple past and past participle lifted all boats)

  1. (idiomatic) To benefit all participants; to have a wide-ranging positive effect.
    • “The strong demand for labor has lifted all boats in the American economy and we are no exception,” Price said.2000 July 26, Paul Shepard, “Report on black Americans both encouraging and sobering”, in Arlington Star-Telegram, volume 95, number 92, page 4A

Questions about lifted all boats

What is lifted all boats the simple past and past participle of?
Lifted all boats is the simple past and past participle of lift all boats.

Words near lifted all boats in the dictionary

  1. liftbacks
  2. liftboy
  3. liftboys
  4. lifted
  5. lifted a finger
  6. lifted all boats
  7. lifted down
  8. lifted off
  9. lifted one's game
  10. lifted oneself up by one's boot-tags
  11. lifted oneself up by one's bootstraps

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