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stand on one's head

stand on one's head verb: of a goalie: to make exceptional saves.

Verb

stand on one's head (third-person singular simple present stands on one's head, present participle standing on one's head, simple past and past participle stood on one's head)

  1. (idiomatic) Of a goalie: to make exceptional saves.

Forms of stand on one's head

third-person singular presentstands on one's head
present participlestanding on one's head
past participlestood on one's head
paststood on one's head

Questions about stand on one's head

What does stand on one's head mean?
Stand on one's head means of a goalie: to make exceptional saves.
What part of speech is stand on one's head?
Stand on one's head is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand on one's head?
The past tense of stand on one's head is stood on one's head.

Words near stand on one's head in the dictionary

  1. stand on business
  2. stand on ceremony
  3. stand on end
  4. stand on its own
  5. stand on one's dignity
  6. stand on one's head
  7. stand on one's own bottom
  8. stand on one's own two feet
  9. stand on someone's shoulders
  10. stand on the shoulders of
  11. stand on the shoulders of giants

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