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pass the pikes

pass the pikes verb: to endure a difficult or unpleasant ordeal.

Verb

pass the pikes (third-person singular simple present passes the pikes, present participle passing the pikes, simple past and past participle passed the pikes)

  1. (archaic) To endure a difficult or unpleasant ordeal.
    • This I shall leave to the judgement of those, who have passed the Pikes, and know better then my self to speak the truth of it,1662, Jacques Olivier, translated by Richard Banke, A Discourse of Women, Shewing Their Imperfections Alphabetically, →OCLC, page 9

Synonyms of pass the pikes

Forms of pass the pikes

third-person singular presentpasses the pikes
present participlepassing the pikes
past participlepassed the pikes
pastpassed the pikes
alternative formpass through the pikes

Questions about pass the pikes

What does pass the pikes mean?
Pass the pikes means to endure a difficult or unpleasant ordeal.
What part of speech is pass the pikes?
Pass the pikes is a verb.
What is the past tense of pass the pikes?
The past tense of pass the pikes is passed the pikes.

Words near pass the pikes in the dictionary

  1. pass the buck
  2. pass the hat
  3. pass the mantle
  4. pass the parcel
  5. pass the phone
  6. pass the pikes
  7. pass the river
  8. pass the sponge across the slate
  9. pass the sponge over the slate
  10. pass the time
  11. pass the time of day

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