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put one's head in the sand

put one's head in the sand verb: synonym of bury one's head in the sand.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of bury one's head in the sand.

Synonyms of put one's head in the sand

Forms of put one's head in the sand

third-person singular presentputs one's head in the sand
present participleputting one's head in the sand
past participleput one's head in the sand
pastput one's head in the sand

Questions about put one's head in the sand

What does put one's head in the sand mean?
Put one's head in the sand means synonym of bury one's head in the sand.
What part of speech is put one's head in the sand?
Put one's head in the sand is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's head in the sand?
The past tense of put one's head in the sand is put one's head in the sand.

Words near put one's head in the sand in the dictionary

  1. put one's hand up
  2. put one's hands on
  3. put one's hands together
  4. put one's hands up
  5. put one's head above the parapet
  6. put one's head in the sand
  7. put one's heart in
  8. put one's heart into
  9. put one's heart on one's sleeve
  10. put one's house in order
  11. put one's household in order

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