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showed one's work

showed one's work is the simple past of show one's work.

Meaning of show one's work

Verb

show one's work (third-person singular simple present shows one's work, present participle showing one's work, simple past showed one's work, past participle shown one's work)

  1. To write out the individual steps that lead to an induction or deduction, especially leading to the solution to a mathematics problem.
    • The teacher dinged me for not showing my work.

Questions about showed one's work

What is showed one's work the simple past of?
Showed one's work is the simple past of show one's work.

Words near showed one's work in the dictionary

  1. showed one's hand
  2. showed one's stuff
  3. showed one's teeth
  4. showed one's true colors
  5. showed one's true stripes
  6. showed one's work
  7. showed oneself
  8. showed out
  9. showed round
  10. showed shapes
  11. showed skin

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