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stick one's foot in one's mouth

stick one's foot in one's mouth verb: to put one's foot in one's mouth.

Verb

stick one's foot in one's mouth (third-person singular simple present sticks one's foot in one's mouth, present participle sticking one's foot in one's mouth, simple past and past participle stuck one's foot in one's mouth)

  1. (idiomatic) To put one's foot in one's mouth.

Forms of stick one's foot in one's mouth

third-person singular presentsticks one's foot in one's mouth
present participlesticking one's foot in one's mouth
past participlestuck one's foot in one's mouth
paststuck one's foot in one's mouth

Questions about stick one's foot in one's mouth

What does stick one's foot in one's mouth mean?
Stick one's foot in one's mouth means to put one's foot in one's mouth.
What part of speech is stick one's foot in one's mouth?
Stick one's foot in one's mouth is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick one's foot in one's mouth?
The past tense of stick one's foot in one's mouth is stuck one's foot in one's mouth.

Words near stick one's foot in one's mouth in the dictionary

  1. stick of gum
  2. stick on
  3. stick one on
  4. stick one's dick in crazy
  5. stick one's foot in it
  6. stick one's foot in one's mouth
  7. stick one's head in the sand
  8. stick one's neck out
  9. stick one's nose in
  10. stick one's nose into
  11. stick one's oar in

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