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unmasked one's batteries

unmasked one's batteries is the simple past and past participle of unmask one's batteries.

Meaning of unmask one's batteries

Verb

unmask one's batteries (third-person singular simple present unmasks one's batteries, present participle unmasking one's batteries, simple past and past participle unmasked one's batteries)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To begin a decisive action, especially one that reveals one’s true strength or character.
    • “Your father is fond of surprises, as you must have seen,” Cuthbert rejoined. “He won’t unmask his batteries till all is ready for action.”1858, William Harrison Ainsworth, Mervyn Clitheroe, volume 2, page 278
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unmask, battery.

Questions about unmasked one's batteries

What is unmasked one's batteries the simple past and past participle of?
Unmasked one's batteries is the simple past and past participle of unmask one's batteries.

Words near unmasked one's batteries in the dictionary

  1. unmashed
  2. unmask
  3. unmask one's batteries
  4. unmaskable
  5. unmasked
  6. unmasked one's batteries
  7. unmasker
  8. unmaskers
  9. unmasking
  10. unmasking one's batteries
  11. unmaskings

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