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put some timber on

put some timber on verb: to put on weight; to become more heavy or obese.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To put on weight; to become more heavy or obese.
    • Most of us will probably go on to have boring jobs but one day I'm probably gonna have me own company and you'll go on Facebook and tell people ya went to school with me. I'll message ya back and I'll say 'yeah I went t' school with ya and din't we have a great time', whilst all along I'll be...2015, Keith Lemon, Keith Lemon's Big One

Forms of put some timber on

third-person singular presentputs some timber on
present participleputting some timber on
past participleput some timber on
pastput some timber on

Questions about put some timber on

What does put some timber on mean?
Put some timber on means to put on weight; to become more heavy or obese.
What part of speech is put some timber on?
Put some timber on is a verb.
What is the past tense of put some timber on?
The past tense of put some timber on is put some timber on.

Words near put some timber on in the dictionary

  1. put pedal to the metal
  2. put pen to paper
  3. put right
  4. put round
  5. put salt on someone's tail
  6. put some timber on
  7. put someone hip
  8. put someone in a box
  9. put someone in a false position
  10. put someone in hospital
  11. put someone in mind of

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