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tilted at windmills

tilted at windmills is the simple past and past participle of tilt at windmills.

Meaning of tilt at windmills

Verb

tilt at windmills (third-person singular simple present tilts at windmills, present participle tilting at windmills, simple past and past participle tilted at windmills)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attack imaginary enemies.
    Synonyms:
    charge at windmills, fight windmills
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, intransitive) To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity.
    Synonyms:
    chase a rainbow

Questions about tilted at windmills

What is tilted at windmills the simple past and past participle of?
Tilted at windmills is the simple past and past participle of tilt at windmills.

Words near tilted at windmills in the dictionary

  1. tilt-yard
  2. tilt-yards
  3. tiltability
  4. tiltable
  5. tilted
  6. tilted at windmills
  7. tilter
  8. tilters
  9. tiltest
  10. tilteth
  11. tilth

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