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return to one's muttons

return to one's muttons verb: to get back to the business at hand.

Verb

return to one’s muttons (third-person singular simple present returns to one's muttons, present participle returning to one's muttons, simple past and past participle returned to one's muttons)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To get back to the business at hand.
    • H. R. Haweis
      I willingly return to my muttons.

Forms of return to one's muttons

third-person singular presentreturns to one's muttons
present participlereturning to one's muttons
past participlereturned to one's muttons
pastreturned to one's muttons

Origin of return to one's muttons

Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from “La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin”

Questions about return to one's muttons

What does return to one's muttons mean?
Return to one's muttons means to get back to the business at hand.
What part of speech is return to one's muttons?
Return to one's muttons is a verb.
What is the past tense of return to one's muttons?
The past tense of return to one's muttons is returned to one's muttons.

Words near return to one's muttons in the dictionary

  1. return tickets
  2. return time
  3. return times
  4. return to dust
  5. return to form
  6. return to one's muttons
  7. return to one's senses
  8. return type
  9. return types
  10. return value
  11. return values

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