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put one's pants on one leg at a time

put one's pants on one leg at a time verb: to be an ordinary person; to be a mere mortal.

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.
    • Easy guys, I put my pants on just like the rest of you, one leg at a time…except, once my pants are on, I make gold records.2000 April 8, “More Cowbell”, in Saturday Night Live, season 25, episode 6 (television series), spoken by The Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken)

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

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

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

What does put one's pants on one leg at a time mean?
Put one's pants on one leg at a time means to be an ordinary person; to be a mere mortal.
What part of speech is put one's pants on one leg at a time?
Put one's pants on one leg at a time is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's pants on one leg at a time?
The past tense of put one's pants on one leg at a time is put one's pants on one leg at a time.

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

  1. put one's name in the hat
  2. put one's neck out
  3. put one's oar in
  4. put one's own oxygen mask on first
  5. put one's oxygen mask on first
  6. put one's pants on one leg at a time
  7. put one's pride in one's pocket
  8. put one's shoulder into
  9. put one's shoulder to the wheel
  10. put one's stamp
  11. put one's toe in the water

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