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pass through the pikes

pass through the pikes is the alternative form of pass the pikes.

Meaning of pass the pikes

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

Forms of pass through the pikes

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

Questions about pass through the pikes

What is pass through the pikes the alternative form of?
Pass through the pikes is the alternative form of pass the pikes.

Words near pass through the pikes in the dictionary

  1. pass the trash
  2. pass the wet sponge across the slate
  3. pass the wet sponge over the slate
  4. pass through
  5. pass through the hands
  6. pass through the pikes
  7. pass throughs
  8. pass transistor
  9. pass transistors
  10. pass under the yoke
  11. pass unnoticed

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