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returns to one's muttons

returns to one's muttons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of return to one's muttons.

Meaning of return to one's muttons

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.

Questions about returns to one's muttons

What is returns to one's muttons the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Returns to one's muttons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of return to one's muttons.

Words near returns to one's muttons in the dictionary

  1. returns on investment
  2. returns the favor
  3. returns the favour
  4. returns to dust
  5. returns to form
  6. returns to one's muttons
  7. returns to scale
  8. returnship
  9. returnships
  10. retuse
  11. retusely

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