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runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds

runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds

What is runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

Words near runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds in the dictionary

  1. runs up in it
  2. runs up on
  3. runs wild
  4. runs with
  5. runs with scissors
  6. runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds
  7. runscorer
  8. runscorers
  9. runscoring
  10. runspace
  11. runspaces

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