puts one's name in the hat
puts one's name in the hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's name in the hat.
Meaning of put one's name in the hat
Verb
put one's name in the hat (third-person singular simple present puts one's name in the hat, present participle putting one's name in the hat, simple past and past participle put one's name in the hat)
- To run in an election or to nominate oneself for consideration in some other selection process; to nominate someone other than oneself for such consideration.
- [H]e would not embarrass his friends by running. So they rose up and put his name in the hat—which is exactly what I expected them to do.1996, Lillian Smith, edited by Margaret Rose Gladney, How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith, →ISBN, page 118
- Synonyms:
- throw one's hat in the ring
Questions about puts one's name in the hat
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Words near puts one's name in the hat in the dictionary
- puts one's heart in
- puts one's heart into
- puts one's house in order
- puts one's mind to it
- puts one's money where one's mouth is
- puts one's name in the hat
- puts one's oar in
- puts one's own oxygen mask on first
- puts one's oxygen mask on first
- puts one's pants on one leg at a time
- puts one's shoulder into
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