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swallow the leek

swallow the leek verb: to change one's mind.

Verb

swallow the leek (third-person singular simple present swallows the leek, present participle swallowing the leek, simple past and past participle swallowed the leek)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To change one's mind.

Forms of swallow the leek

third-person singular presentswallows the leek
present participleswallowing the leek
past participleswallowed the leek
pastswallowed the leek

Questions about swallow the leek

What does swallow the leek mean?
Swallow the leek means to change one's mind.
What part of speech is swallow the leek?
Swallow the leek is a verb.
What is the past tense of swallow the leek?
The past tense of swallow the leek is swallowed the leek.

Words near swallow the leek in the dictionary

  1. swallow one's words
  2. swallow tanager
  3. swallow tanagers
  4. swallow the anchor
  5. swallow the dictionary
  6. swallow the leek
  7. swallow up
  8. swallow whole
  9. swallow wort
  10. swallow-tail
  11. swallow-tailed

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