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stick a sock in it

stick a sock in it verb: synonym of put a sock in it.

Verb

stick a sock in it (third-person singular simple present sticks a sock in it, present participle sticking a sock in it, simple past and past participle stuck a sock in it)

  1. Synonym of put a sock in it.

Synonyms of stick a sock in it

Forms of stick a sock in it

third-person singular presentsticks a sock in it
present participlesticking a sock in it
past participlestuck a sock in it
paststuck a sock in it

Questions about stick a sock in it

What does stick a sock in it mean?
Stick a sock in it means synonym of put a sock in it.
What part of speech is stick a sock in it?
Stick a sock in it is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick a sock in it?
The past tense of stick a sock in it is stuck a sock in it.

Words near stick a sock in it in the dictionary

  1. stick 'em up
  2. stick a fork in me, I'm done
  3. stick a fork in something
  4. stick a needle in my eye
  5. stick a pin there
  6. stick a sock in it
  7. stick and carrot
  8. stick around
  9. stick at
  10. stick at nothing
  11. stick boy

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