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put on one's trousers one leg at a time

put on one's trousers one leg at a time is the alternative form of put one's pants on one leg at a time.

Meaning of put one's pants on one leg at a time

Verb

put one's pants on one leg at a time (third-person singular simple present puts one's pants on one leg at a time, present participle putting one's pants on one leg at a time, simple past and past participle put one's pants on one leg at a time)

  1. (idiomatic) To be an ordinary person; to be a mere mortal.
    • Remember, he puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like you.

Forms of put on one's trousers one leg at a time

third-person singular presentputs on one's trousers one leg at a time
present participleputting on one's trousers one leg at a time
past participleput on one's trousers one leg at a time
pastput on one's trousers one leg at a time

Questions about put on one's trousers one leg at a time

What is put on one's trousers one leg at a time the alternative form of?
Put on one's trousers one leg at a time is the alternative form of put one's pants on one leg at a time.

Words near put on one's trousers one leg at a time in the dictionary

  1. put on frills
  2. put on one's dancing shoes
  3. put on one's own oxygen mask first
  4. put on one's oxygen mask first
  5. put on one's pants one leg at a time
  6. put on one's trousers one leg at a time
  7. put on the block
  8. put on the brakes
  9. put on the dog
  10. put on the kibosh
  11. put on the long finger

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