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see how the cookie crumbles

see how the cookie crumbles verb: to see how things turn out; to discover how events unfold.

Verb

see how the cookie crumbles (third-person singular simple present sees how the cookie crumbles, present participle seeing how the cookie crumbles, simple past saw how the cookie crumbled, past participle seen how the cookie crumbles)

  1. To see how things turn out; to discover how events unfold.

Forms of see how the cookie crumbles

third-person singular presentsees how the cookie crumbles
present participleseeing how the cookie crumbles
pastsaw how the cookie crumbled
past participleseen how the cookie crumbles
alternative formsee which way the cookie crumbles

Questions about see how the cookie crumbles

What does see how the cookie crumbles mean?
See how the cookie crumbles means to see how things turn out; to discover how events unfold.
What part of speech is see how the cookie crumbles?
See how the cookie crumbles is a verb.
What is the past tense of see how the cookie crumbles?
The past tense of see how the cookie crumbles is saw how the cookie crumbled.

Words near see how the cookie crumbles in the dictionary

  1. see eye to eye
  2. see fit
  3. see for oneself
  4. see here
  5. see how
  6. see how the cookie crumbles
  7. see how the land lies
  8. see hum
  9. see if I care
  10. see in
  11. see into

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