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weather the storm

weather the storm verb: to reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage.

Verb

weather the storm (third-person singular simple present weathers the storm, present participle weathering the storm, simple past and past participle weathered the storm)

  1. (idiomatic) To reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage.
    • Bob lost his job, but somehow his family weathered the storm.
    • Do you think you can weather the storm, or will you just sell your house now?

Forms of weather the storm

third-person singular presentweathers the storm
present participleweathering the storm
past participleweathered the storm
pastweathered the storm

Questions about weather the storm

What does weather the storm mean?
Weather the storm means to reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage.
What part of speech is weather the storm?
Weather the storm is a verb.
What is the past tense of weather the storm?
The past tense of weather the storm is weathered the storm.

Words near weather the storm in the dictionary

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  2. weather stone
  3. weather stones
  4. weather strip
  5. weather strips
  6. weather the storm
  7. Weather Underground
  8. weather vane
  9. weather vanes
  10. weather verb
  11. weather verbs

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