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needs more time in the oven

needs more time in the oven is the third-person singular simple present indicative of need more time in the oven.

Meaning of need more time in the oven

Verb

need more time in the oven (third-person singular simple present needs more time in the oven, present participle needing more time in the oven, simple past and past participle needed more time in the oven)

  1. (figuratively) Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality.
    • Their draft of the new business case doesn't yet say enough about the market research they've done — it clearly needs more time in the oven.

Questions about needs more time in the oven

What is needs more time in the oven the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Needs more time in the oven is the third-person singular simple present indicative of need more time in the oven.

Words near needs more time in the oven in the dictionary

  1. needna
  2. neednae
  3. needs
  4. needs analyses
  5. needs analysis
  6. needs more time in the oven
  7. needs must
  8. needs must when the devil drives
  9. needs no introduction
  10. needs one's bumps feeling
  11. needs one's bumps felt

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