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run with the hare and hunted with the hounds

run with the hare and hunted with the hounds is the past participle 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 run with the hare and hunted with the hounds

What is run with the hare and hunted with the hounds the past participle of?
Run with the hare and hunted with the hounds is the past participle of run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

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

  1. run ups
  2. run wild
  3. run with
  4. run with scissors
  5. run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
  6. run with the hare and hunted with the hounds
  7. run year
  8. run years
  9. run'd
  10. run, don't walk
  11. run, Forrest, run

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