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plant one's feet

plant one's feet verb: to insist on something firmly or with stubbornness.

Verb

plant one's feet (third-person singular simple present plants one's feet, present participle planting one's feet, simple past and past participle planted one's feet)

  1. (idiomatic) To insist on something firmly or with stubbornness.

Forms of plant one's feet

third-person singular presentplants one's feet
present participleplanting one's feet
past participleplanted one's feet
pastplanted one's feet

Questions about plant one's feet

What does plant one's feet mean?
Plant one's feet means to insist on something firmly or with stubbornness.
What part of speech is plant one's feet?
Plant one's feet is a verb.
What is the past tense of plant one's feet?
The past tense of plant one's feet is planted one's feet.

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