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pick the wrong horse

pick the wrong horse verb: synonym of back the wrong horse.

Verb

pick the wrong horse (third-person singular simple present picks the wrong horse, present participle picking the wrong horse, simple past and past participle picked the wrong horse)

  1. Synonym of back the wrong horse.

Synonyms of pick the wrong horse

Forms of pick the wrong horse

third-person singular presentpicks the wrong horse
present participlepicking the wrong horse
past participlepicked the wrong horse
pastpicked the wrong horse

Questions about pick the wrong horse

What does pick the wrong horse mean?
Pick the wrong horse means synonym of back the wrong horse.
What part of speech is pick the wrong horse?
Pick the wrong horse is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick the wrong horse?
The past tense of pick the wrong horse is picked the wrong horse.

Words near pick the wrong horse in the dictionary

  1. pick someone's brain
  2. pick someone's brains
  3. pick stitch
  4. pick stitches
  5. pick the right horse
  6. pick the wrong horse
  7. pick through
  8. pick to box
  9. pick to carton
  10. pick to light
  11. pick to order

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