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ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds

ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds is the simple past of run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

Meaning of run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

Verb

run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (third-person singular simple present runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds, present participle running with the hare and hunting with the hounds, simple past ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds, past participle run with the hare and hunted with the hounds)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To support both sides of an argument.

Questions about ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds

What is ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds the simple past of?
Ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds is the simple past of run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

Words near ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds in the dictionary

  1. ran up in it
  2. ran up on
  3. ran wild
  4. ran with
  5. ran with scissors
  6. ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds
  7. Rana
  8. ranachrome
  9. ranacide
  10. ranaconitine
  11. Ranald

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