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puts salt on someone's tail

puts salt on someone's tail is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put salt on someone's tail.

Meaning of put salt on someone's tail

Verb

put salt on someone's tail (third-person singular simple present puts salt on someone's tail, present participle putting salt on someone's tail, simple past and past participle put salt on someone's tail)

  1. To capture or pin down someone.
    • This accurately describes the many biographers who have tried and failed to get close enough to Newman to put salt on his tail.2013, Edward Short, Newman and his Family, page 322

Questions about puts salt on someone's tail

What is puts salt on someone's tail the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts salt on someone's tail is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put salt on someone's tail.

Words near puts salt on someone's tail in the dictionary

  1. puts over
  2. puts paid to
  3. puts past
  4. puts pen to paper
  5. puts round
  6. puts salt on someone's tail
  7. puts some timber on
  8. puts someone hip
  9. puts someone in a box
  10. puts someone in a false position
  11. puts someone in hospital

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