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picks up one's marbles and goes home

picks up one's marbles and goes home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up one's marbles and go home.

Meaning of pick up one's marbles and go home

Verb

pick up one's marbles and go home (third-person singular simple present picks up one's marbles and goes home, present participle picking up one's marbles and going home, simple past picked up one's marbles and went home, past participle picked up one's marbles and gone home)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To abruptly leave or abandon a situation or activity in which one is dissatisfied with the way it is progressing.

Questions about picks up one's marbles and goes home

What is picks up one's marbles and goes home the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks up one's marbles and goes home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up one's marbles and go home.

Words near picks up one's marbles and goes home in the dictionary

  1. picks the wrong horse
  2. picks through
  3. picks up
  4. picks up on
  5. picks up one's crumbs
  6. picks up one's marbles and goes home
  7. picks up steam
  8. picks up stitches
  9. picks up the ball and runs with it
  10. picks up the mantle
  11. picks up the pace

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