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stole a march

stole a march is the simple past of steal a march.

Meaning of steal a march

Verb

steal a march (third-person singular simple present steals a march, present participle stealing a march, simple past stole a march, past participle stolen a march)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To gain an advantage unobserved.
    • Fifty thousand men cannot easily steal a march over the sea.1759 August 1, Horace Walpole, Letter to Sir Horace Mann, page 501
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start early.
    • They stole a march by taking non-merchandise inventory on January 2.

Questions about stole a march

What is stole a march the simple past of?
Stole a march is the simple past of steal a march.

Words near stole a march in the dictionary

  1. stold
  2. stole
  3. stole a glance
  4. stole a kiss
  5. stole a living
  6. stole a march
  7. stole away
  8. stole fee
  9. stole fees
  10. stole in
  11. stole someone's heart

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