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stirred up the animals

stirred up the animals is the simple past and past participle of stir up the animals.

Meaning of stir up the animals

Verb

stir up the animals (third-person singular simple present stirs up the animals, present participle stirring up the animals, simple past and past participle stirred up the animals)

  1. To cause public discontent or controversy.
    • He styled himself both a Prohibition-flouting "Baltimoron" and "an incurable snob," the voice of "the intelligent minority" determined "to stir up the animals."2001, Richard P. Horwitz, The American Studies Anthology, page 50

Questions about stirred up the animals

What is stirred up the animals the simple past and past participle of?
Stirred up the animals is the simple past and past participle of stir up the animals.

Words near stirred up the animals in the dictionary

  1. stirred someone's blood
  2. stirred the embers
  3. stirred the pot
  4. stirred up
  5. stirred up a hornets' nest
  6. stirred up the animals
  7. stirred-curd cheese
  8. stirred-curd cheeses
  9. stirredst
  10. stirrer
  11. stirrer-up

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