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wear many hats

wear many hats verb: to have multiple roles or responsibilites, often in the same job or situation.

Verb

wear many hats (third-person singular simple present wears many hats, present participle wearing many hats, simple past wore many hats, past participle worn many hats)

  1. (idiomatic) To have multiple roles or responsibilites, often in the same job or situation.

Forms of wear many hats

third-person singular presentwears many hats
present participlewearing many hats
pastwore many hats
past participleworn many hats

Questions about wear many hats

What does wear many hats mean?
Wear many hats means to have multiple roles or responsibilites, often in the same job or situation.
What part of speech is wear many hats?
Wear many hats is a verb.
What is the past tense of wear many hats?
The past tense of wear many hats is wore many hats.

Words near wear many hats in the dictionary

  1. wear down
  2. wear horns
  3. wear in
  4. wear leveling
  5. wear levelling
  6. wear many hats
  7. wear off
  8. wear on
  9. wear on one's sleeve
  10. wear one's heart on one's sleeve
  11. wear one's heart upon one's sleeve

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