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puts butter on one's bread

puts butter on one's bread is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put butter on one's bread.

Meaning of put butter on one's bread

Verb

put butter on one's bread (third-person singular simple present puts butter on one's bread, present participle putting butter on one's bread, simple past and past participle put butter on one's bread)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To earn money.
    • "Well, it won't put butter on our bread," said another.1933, Ishbel Ross, Marriage in Gotham, page 71
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, butter, bread.

Questions about puts butter on one's bread

What is puts butter on one's bread the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts butter on one's bread is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put butter on one's bread.

Words near puts butter on one's bread in the dictionary

  1. puts asunder
  2. puts away
  3. puts back
  4. puts before
  5. puts bread on the table
  6. puts butter on one's bread
  7. puts by
  8. puts case
  9. puts daylight between oneself and someone
  10. puts down
  11. puts down as

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