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tarred with the same brush

tarred with the same brush is the simple past and past participle of tar with the same brush.

Meaning of tar with the same brush

Verb

tar with the same brush (third-person singular simple present tars with the same brush, present participle tarring with the same brush, simple past and past participle tarred with the same brush)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.
    • The C Party have tarred themselves with the same brush as the B Party.

Questions about tarred with the same brush

What is tarred with the same brush the simple past and past participle of?
Tarred with the same brush is the simple past and past participle of tar with the same brush.

Words near tarred with the same brush in the dictionary

  1. Tarrayoukyan
  2. tarre
  3. tarred
  4. tarred and feathered
  5. tarred out
  6. tarred with the same brush
  7. tarred with the same stick
  8. tarred-and-feathered
  9. Tarren
  10. Tarrengower
  11. Tarrenlea

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