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lined up one's ducks

lined up one's ducks is the simple past and past participle of line up one's ducks.

Meaning of line up one's ducks

Verb

line up one's ducks (third-person singular simple present lines up one's ducks, present participle lining up one's ducks, simple past and past participle lined up one's ducks)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To organize one's affairs so that one is ready to act efficiently.
    • "Senator Allen was one reason he made up his mind to go to Washington. He'd like to get some of the windbags out of our way and line up our ducks."1968, Henrietta Buckmaster, The lion in the stone: a novel, page 340

Questions about lined up one's ducks

What is lined up one's ducks the simple past and past participle of?
Lined up one's ducks is the simple past and past participle of line up one's ducks.

Words near lined up one's ducks in the dictionary

  1. lined snake
  2. lined snakes
  3. lined someone's pockets
  4. lined up
  5. lined up behind
  6. lined up one's ducks
  7. linefeed
  8. linefeeds
  9. linefill
  10. linefills
  11. linefisher

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