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lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

lock the stable door after the horse has bolted verb: synonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Verb

lock the stable door after the horse has bolted (third-person singular simple present locks the stable door after the horse has bolted, present participle locking the stable door after the horse has bolted, simple past and past participle locked the stable door after the horse had bolted)

  1. Synonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Synonyms of lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

Forms of lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

third-person singular presentlocks the stable door after the horse has bolted
present participlelocking the stable door after the horse has bolted
past participlelocked the stable door after the horse had bolted
pastlocked the stable door after the horse had bolted

Questions about lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

What does lock the stable door after the horse has bolted mean?
Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted means synonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
What part of speech is lock the stable door after the horse has bolted?
Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted is a verb.
What is the past tense of lock the stable door after the horse has bolted?
The past tense of lock the stable door after the horse has bolted is locked the stable door after the horse had bolted.

Words near lock the stable door after the horse has bolted in the dictionary

  1. lock someone up and throw away the key
  2. lock step
  3. lock stitch
  4. lock stitches
  5. lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
  6. lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
  7. lock through
  8. lock time
  9. lock times
  10. lock under
  11. lock up

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