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row in the same boat

row in the same boat verb: to be in the same or similar situation.

Verb

row in the same boat (third-person singular simple present rows in the same boat, present participle rowing in the same boat, simple past and past participle rowed in the same boat)

  1. (idiomatic) To be in the same or similar situation.
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Forms of row in the same boat

third-person singular presentrows in the same boat
present participlerowing in the same boat
past participlerowed in the same boat
pastrowed in the same boat

Questions about row in the same boat

What does row in the same boat mean?
Row in the same boat means to be in the same or similar situation.
What part of speech is row in the same boat?
Row in the same boat is a verb.
What is the past tense of row in the same boat?
The past tense of row in the same boat is rowed in the same boat.

Words near row in the same boat in the dictionary

  1. row crops
  2. row echelon form
  3. row echelon forms
  4. row house
  5. row houses
  6. row in the same boat
  7. row of pins
  8. row space
  9. row spaces
  10. row to hoe
  11. row up

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