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tidied one's sock drawer

tidied one's sock drawer is the simple past and past participle of tidy one's sock drawer.

Meaning of tidy one's sock drawer

Verb

tidy one's sock drawer (third-person singular simple present tidies one's sock drawer, present participle tidying one's sock drawer, simple past and past participle tidied one's sock drawer)

  1. (figuratively) To do, or supposedly do, a mundane and unimportant activity as an excuse to avoid something onerous or unappealing.
    • My tax return has to be completed today, but I feel a sudden urge to tidy my sock drawer.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tidy, one's, sock, drawer.

Questions about tidied one's sock drawer

What is tidied one's sock drawer the simple past and past participle of?
Tidied one's sock drawer is the simple past and past participle of tidy one's sock drawer.

Words near tidied one's sock drawer in the dictionary

  1. tidgiest
  2. tidgy
  3. tidiable
  4. tidiacic
  5. tidied
  6. tidied one's sock drawer
  7. tidied up
  8. tidier
  9. tidiers
  10. tidies
  11. tidies one's sock drawer

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