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put the wood in the hole

put the wood in the hole verb: to shut the door.

Verb

put the wood in the hole (third-person singular simple present puts the wood in the hole, present participle putting the wood in the hole, simple past and past participle put the wood in the hole)

  1. (Yorkshire, idiomatic, Lancashire, Manchester) To shut the door.
    • Put t'wood i t'hoil at-after tha goes aat, Aw can't stan it when ther's a draft in here!

Forms of put the wood in the hole

third-person singular presentputs the wood in the hole
present participleputting the wood in the hole
past participleput the wood in the hole
pastput the wood in the hole
alternative uncommonput wood in t'hole
alternative uncommonput wood in t’hole

Questions about put the wood in the hole

What does put the wood in the hole mean?
Put the wood in the hole means to shut the door.
What part of speech is put the wood in the hole?
Put the wood in the hole is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the wood in the hole?
The past tense of put the wood in the hole is put the wood in the hole.

Words near put the wood in the hole in the dictionary

  1. put the squeeze on
  2. put the stunners on
  3. put the tin lid on it
  4. put the toothpaste back in the tube
  5. put the wind up
  6. put the wood in the hole
  7. put the world to rights
  8. put through
  9. put through hoops
  10. put through the hoops
  11. put through the mangle

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