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strain at the leash

strain at the leash verb: to be very eager to do or begin something.

Verb

strain at the leash (third-person singular simple present strains at the leash, present participle straining at the leash, simple past and past participle strained at the leash)

  1. (idiomatic) To be very eager to do or begin something.

Forms of strain at the leash

third-person singular presentstrains at the leash
present participlestraining at the leash
past participlestrained at the leash
paststrained at the leash

Questions about strain at the leash

What does strain at the leash mean?
Strain at the leash means to be very eager to do or begin something.
What part of speech is strain at the leash?
Strain at the leash is a verb.
What is the past tense of strain at the leash?
The past tense of strain at the leash is strained at the leash.

Words near strain at the leash in the dictionary

  1. straiks
  2. strain
  3. Strain 121
  4. strain a point
  5. strain at a gnat
  6. strain at the leash
  7. strain burst
  8. strain bursts
  9. strain courtesy
  10. strain energies
  11. strain energy

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