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put the miller's eye out

put the miller's eye out verb: to dilute something excessively.

Verb

put the miller's eye out (third-person singular simple present puts the miller's eye out, present participle putting the miller's eye out, simple past and past participle put the miller's eye out)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) To dilute something excessively.

Forms of put the miller's eye out

third-person singular presentputs the miller's eye out
present participleputting the miller's eye out
past participleput the miller's eye out
pastput the miller's eye out

Questions about put the miller's eye out

What does put the miller's eye out mean?
Put the miller's eye out means to dilute something excessively.
What part of speech is put the miller's eye out?
Put the miller's eye out is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the miller's eye out?
The past tense of put the miller's eye out is put the miller's eye out.

Words near put the miller's eye out in the dictionary

  1. put the kybosh on
  2. put the last hand to
  3. put the lid on
  4. put the lie to
  5. put the make on
  6. put the miller's eye out
  7. put the moves on
  8. put the pedal to the medal
  9. put the pedal to the metal
  10. put the plug in the jug
  11. put the pot on

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