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Uriah Heeped

Uriah Heeped is the simple past and past participle of Uriah Heep.

Meaning of Uriah Heep

Verb

Uriah Heep (third-person singular simple present Uriah Heeps, present participle Uriah Heeping, simple past and past participle Uriah Heeped)

  1. To be a yes man, in the style of Uriah Heep.
    • But he'd Uriah-Heeped himself into yet another corner from which she refused to extricate him.1978, Susan Darter Hunt, "A Matter of Irreconcilable Differences", The North American Review, volume 263, No. 1 (Spring, 1978) page 34
    Synonyms:
    brownnose

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Questions about Uriah Heeped

What is Uriah Heeped the simple past and past participle of?
Uriah Heeped is the simple past and past participle of Uriah Heep.

Words near Uriah Heeped in the dictionary

  1. Urhobo
  2. Urhobos
  3. uri
  4. Uriah
  5. Uriah Heep
  6. Uriah Heeped
  7. Uriah Heeping
  8. Uriah Heepish
  9. Uriah Heepishly
  10. Uriah Heepishness
  11. Uriah Heeps

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