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shat the bed

shat the bed is the simple past and past participle of shit the bed.

Meaning of shit the bed

Verb

shit the bed (third-person singular simple present shits the bed, present participle shitting the bed, simple past and past participle shit the bed or shat the bed)

  1. (US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Of a person or thing, to fail, often in a complete and irreparable fashion.
    • “[H]ow was I supposed to know Dan Marino would shit the bed and lose that game by nineteen points?”2008, Dave Zeltserman, Small Crimes, →ISBN, page 41
    Synonyms:
    wet the bed
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shit, bed.

Questions about shat the bed

What is shat the bed the simple past and past participle of?
Shat the bed is the simple past and past participle of shit the bed.

Words near shat the bed in the dictionary

  1. shat on
  2. shat one's pants
  3. shat oneself
  4. shat or gotten off the pot
  5. shat out
  6. shat the bed
  7. shat up
  8. shat upon
  9. shat with
  10. Shatakshi
  11. Shatarupa

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