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waxed someone's tail

waxed someone's tail is the simple past and past participle of wax someone's tail.

Meaning of wax someone's tail

Verb

wax someone's tail (third-person singular simple present waxes someone's tail, present participle waxing someone's tail, simple past and past participle waxed someone's tail)

  1. (slang) To lock one's weapons onto the tail of an enemy aircraft.

Questions about waxed someone's tail

What is waxed someone's tail the simple past and past participle of?
Waxed someone's tail is the simple past and past participle of wax someone's tail.

Words near waxed someone's tail in the dictionary

  1. waxed on
  2. waxed paper
  3. waxed papers
  4. waxed philosophical
  5. waxed poetic
  6. waxed someone's tail
  7. waxed the dolphin
  8. waxed wode
  9. waxedst
  10. waxen
  11. waxen chatterer

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