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put the heart across one

put the heart across one verb: to give one a sudden fright.

Verb

put the heart across one (third-person singular simple present puts the heart across one, present participle putting the heart across one, simple past and past participle put the heart across one)

  1. (Ireland) To give one a sudden fright.
    • The cat put the heart across me when it jumped out from under the bed.

Forms of put the heart across one

third-person singular presentputs the heart across one
present participleputting the heart across one
past participleput the heart across one
pastput the heart across one

Questions about put the heart across one

What does put the heart across one mean?
Put the heart across one means to give one a sudden fright.
What part of speech is put the heart across one?
Put the heart across one is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the heart across one?
The past tense of put the heart across one is put the heart across one.

Words near put the heart across one in the dictionary

  1. put the finger on
  2. put the fries in the bag
  3. put the frighteners on someone
  4. put the genie back in the bottle
  5. put the hammer down
  6. put the heart across one
  7. put the heat on
  8. put the herd on someone
  9. put the kibosh on
  10. put the kybosh on
  11. put the last hand to

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