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stick one's head in the sand

stick one's head in the sand verb: synonym of bury one's head in the sand.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of bury one's head in the sand.

Synonyms of stick one's head in the sand

Forms of stick one's head in the sand

third-person singular presentsticks one's head in the sand
present participlesticking one's head in the sand
past participlestuck one's head in the sand
paststuck one's head in the sand

Questions about stick one's head in the sand

What does stick one's head in the sand mean?
Stick one's head in the sand means synonym of bury one's head in the sand.
What part of speech is stick one's head in the sand?
Stick one's head in the sand is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick one's head in the sand?
The past tense of stick one's head in the sand is stuck one's head in the sand.

Words near stick one's head in the sand in the dictionary

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

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