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put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it

put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it is the past participle of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it.

Meaning of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it

Verb

put an egg in one's shoe and beat it (third-person singular simple present puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it, present participle putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it, simple past put an egg in one's shoe and beat it, past participle put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it)

  1. (imperative, slang) To go away; get lost; scram.
    • You better put an egg in your shoe and beat it before incidents occur to you.1910, O. Henry, “What You Want”, in Strictly Different

Questions about put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it

What is put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it the past participle of?
Put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it is the past participle of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it.

Words near put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it in the dictionary

  1. put about
  2. put across
  3. put ahead
  4. put all one's eggs in one basket
  5. put an egg in one's shoe and beat it
  6. put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it
  7. put an end to
  8. put and take
  9. put around
  10. put aside
  11. put asunder

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