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put on the pounds

put on the pounds verb: to gain weight; to put on weight.

Verb

put on the pounds (third-person singular simple present puts on the pounds, present participle putting on the pounds, simple past and past participle put on the pounds)

  1. To gain weight; to put on weight.

Forms of put on the pounds

third-person singular presentputs on the pounds
present participleputting on the pounds
past participleput on the pounds
pastput on the pounds

Questions about put on the pounds

What does put on the pounds mean?
Put on the pounds means to gain weight; to put on weight.
What part of speech is put on the pounds?
Put on the pounds is a verb.
What is the past tense of put on the pounds?
The past tense of put on the pounds is put on the pounds.

Words near put on the pounds in the dictionary

  1. put on the brakes
  2. put on the dog
  3. put on the kibosh
  4. put on the long finger
  5. put on the map
  6. put on the pounds
  7. put on the red light
  8. put on the ritz
  9. put on the spot
  10. put on weight
  11. put one across

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