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spare a thought for

spare a thought for verb: to think about someone or something.

Verb

spare a thought for (third-person singular simple present spares a thought for, present participle sparing a thought for, simple past and past participle spared a thought for)

  1. To think about someone or something.
    • These lines survive, but who now recalls a journey to Macmerry, or to Carmyllie, or spares a thought for the Solway Junction Railway with its gaunt and lonely viaduct?1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495

Forms of spare a thought for

third-person singular presentspares a thought for
present participlesparing a thought for
past participlespared a thought for
pastspared a thought for

Questions about spare a thought for

What does spare a thought for mean?
Spare a thought for means to think about someone or something.
What part of speech is spare a thought for?
Spare a thought for is a verb.
What is the past tense of spare a thought for?
The past tense of spare a thought for is spared a thought for.

Words near spare a thought for in the dictionary

  1. sparbled
  2. sparbles
  3. sparbling
  4. sparce
  5. spare
  6. spare a thought for
  7. spare ball
  8. spare balls
  9. spare change
  10. spare no effort
  11. spare no expense

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