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take one's sweet little time

take one's sweet little time verb: to take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

Verb

take one's sweet little time (third-person singular simple present takes one's sweet little time, present participle taking one's sweet little time, simple past took one's sweet little time, past participle taken one's sweet little time)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

Synonyms of take one's sweet little time

Forms of take one's sweet little time

third-person singular presenttakes one's sweet little time
present participletaking one's sweet little time
pasttook one's sweet little time
past participletaken one's sweet little time

Questions about take one's sweet little time

What does take one's sweet little time mean?
Take one's sweet little time means to take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.
What part of speech is take one's sweet little time?
Take one's sweet little time is a verb.
What is the past tense of take one's sweet little time?
The past tense of take one's sweet little time is took one's sweet little time.

Words near take one's sweet little time in the dictionary

  1. take one's pick
  2. take one's place
  3. take one's point
  4. take one's rise
  5. take one's seat
  6. take one's sweet little time
  7. take one's sweet time
  8. take one's time
  9. take one's tongue out of someone's ass
  10. take one's turn
  11. take oneself up by one's own ears

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