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picks the wrong horse

picks the wrong horse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick the wrong horse.

Meaning of pick 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.

Questions about picks the wrong horse

What is picks the wrong horse the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks the wrong horse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick the wrong horse.

Words near picks the wrong horse in the dictionary

  1. picks out of a hat
  2. picks over
  3. picks quarrels
  4. picks sides
  5. picks someone's brain
  6. picks the wrong horse
  7. picks through
  8. picks up
  9. picks up on
  10. picks up one's crumbs
  11. picks up one's marbles and goes home

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