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unmasks one's batteries

unmasks one's batteries is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 unmasks one's batteries

What is unmasks one's batteries the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unmasks one's batteries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unmask one's batteries.

Words near unmasks one's batteries in the dictionary

  1. unmaskers
  2. unmasking
  3. unmasking one's batteries
  4. unmaskings
  5. unmasks
  6. unmasks one's batteries
  7. unmaskt
  8. unmasochistic
  9. unmasqu'd
  10. unmasque
  11. unmasqueraded

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