saw a man about a horse
saw a man about a horse is the simple past of see a man about a horse.
Meaning of see a man about a horse
Verb
see a man about a horse (third-person singular simple present sees a man about a horse, present participle seeing a man about a horse, simple past saw a man about a horse, past participle seen a man about a horse)
- Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly to use a toilet.
- I'll be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail. I've just got to visit the ladies' room to see a man about a horse.
- Synonyms:
- a man, a man about a dog, a man about the plumbing, use the toilet, urinate
Questions about saw a man about a horse
- What is saw a man about a horse the simple past of?
- Saw a man about a horse is the simple past of see a man about a horse.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: saw a man about a horse (page history and authors); see a man about a horse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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