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passed the pikes

passed the pikes is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about passed the pikes

What is passed the pikes the simple past and past participle of?
Passed the pikes is the simple past and past participle of pass the pikes.

Words near passed the pikes in the dictionary

  1. passed the bottle of smoke
  2. passed the buck
  3. passed the hat
  4. passed the mantle
  5. passed the phone
  6. passed the pikes
  7. passed the river
  8. passed the time
  9. passed the time of day
  10. passed the torch
  11. passed through

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