tidy one's sock drawer
tidy one's sock drawer verb: to do, or supposedly do, a mundane and unimportant activity as an excuse to avoid something onerous or unappealing.
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)
- 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.
- That guy at work asked me to a party on Saturday, but I think I'm tidying my sock drawer that night.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tidy, one's, sock, drawer.
Forms of tidy one's sock drawer
| third-person singular present | tidies one's sock drawer |
|---|---|
| present participle | tidying one's sock drawer |
| past participle | tidied one's sock drawer |
| past | tidied one's sock drawer |
Questions about tidy one's sock drawer
- What does tidy one's sock drawer mean?
- Tidy one's sock drawer means to do, or supposedly do, a mundane and unimportant activity as an excuse to avoid something onerous or unappealing.
- What part of speech is tidy one's sock drawer?
- Tidy one's sock drawer is a verb.
- What is the past tense of tidy one's sock drawer?
- The past tense of tidy one's sock drawer is tidied one's sock drawer.
Words near tidy one's sock drawer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tidy one's sock drawer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “tidy one's sock drawer.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tidy_one%27s_sock_drawer. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.