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put one's oar in

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

Verb

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

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

Synonyms of put one's oar in

Forms of put one's oar in

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

Questions about put one's oar in

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

Words near put one's oar in in the dictionary

  1. put one's mind to it
  2. put one's money where one's mouth is
  3. put one's money where one's mouth was
  4. put one's name in the hat
  5. put one's neck out
  6. put one's oar in
  7. put one's own oxygen mask on first
  8. put one's oxygen mask on first
  9. put one's pants on one leg at a time
  10. put one's pride in one's pocket
  11. put one's shoulder into

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