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put in one's oar

put in one's oar verb: synonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).

Verb

put in one's oar (third-person singular simple present puts in one's oar, present participle putting in one's oar, simple past and past participle put in one's oar)

  1. Synonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).

Synonyms of put in one's oar

Forms of put in one's oar

third-person singular presentputs in one's oar
present participleputting in one's oar
past participleput in one's oar
pastput in one's oar

Questions about put in one's oar

What does put in one's oar mean?
Put in one's oar means synonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
What part of speech is put in one's oar?
Put in one's oar is a verb.
What is the past tense of put in one's oar?
The past tense of put in one's oar is put in one's oar.

Words near put in one's oar in the dictionary

  1. put in a word
  2. put in an appearance
  3. put in an oar
  4. put in mind
  5. put in motion
  6. put in one's oar
  7. put in pledge
  8. put in practice
  9. put in the ground
  10. put in the pin
  11. put in the shade

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