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saw into a millstone

saw into a millstone is the simple past of see into a millstone.

Meaning of see into a millstone

Verb

see into a millstone (third-person singular simple present sees into a millstone, present participle seeing into a millstone, simple past saw into a millstone, past participle seen into a millstone)

  1. (archaic, colloquial, idiomatic) To understand a complex matter.
    • "Why, look'ee, Madam, if you must needs provoke me, I'll tell you a piece of my mind; you must know, I can see as far into a millstone as another man; and so, if you thought for to fob me off with another one of your smirking French puppies for a son-in-law, why you'll find yourself in a hobble...1778, Frances Burney, Evelina, or: a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, Volume 1/Letter XXV

Questions about saw into a millstone

What is saw into a millstone the simple past of?
Saw into a millstone is the simple past of see into a millstone.

Words near saw into a millstone in the dictionary

  1. saw gourds
  2. saw grass
  3. saw grasses
  4. saw in
  5. saw into
  6. saw into a millstone
  7. saw log
  8. saw logs
  9. saw off
  10. saw off the branch one is sitting on
  11. saw one's way clear to

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