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showed a clean pair of heels

showed a clean pair of heels is the simple past of show a clean pair of heels.

Meaning of show a clean pair of heels

Verb

show a clean pair of heels (third-person singular simple present shows a clean pair of heels, present participle showing a clean pair of heels, simple past showed a clean pair of heels, past participle shown a clean pair of heels)

  1. (idiomatic) To run away; to make an escape quickly.
    • ‘[...]No, gentlemen; he'll always show ’em a clean pair of heels very early in the scuffle, and sneak away.’1859, Charles Dickens, edited by Richard Maxwell, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Penguin Classics, published 2003, →ISBN, Chapter XXIV, page 249

Questions about showed a clean pair of heels

What is showed a clean pair of heels the simple past of?
Showed a clean pair of heels is the simple past of show a clean pair of heels.

Words near showed a clean pair of heels in the dictionary

  1. showdomycin
  2. showdown
  3. showdowns
  4. showe
  5. showed
  6. showed a clean pair of heels
  7. showed a leg
  8. showed ankle
  9. showed around
  10. showed away
  11. showed cause

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