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tidies one's sock drawer

tidies one's sock drawer is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tidies one's sock drawer

What is tidies one's sock drawer the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tidies one's sock drawer is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tidy one's sock drawer.

Words near tidies one's sock drawer in the dictionary

  1. tidied one's sock drawer
  2. tidied up
  3. tidier
  4. tidiers
  5. tidies
  6. tidies one's sock drawer
  7. tidies up
  8. tidiest
  9. tidifes
  10. tidily
  11. tidiness

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