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wore many hats

wore many hats is the simple past of wear many hats.

Meaning of wear many hats

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.

Questions about wore many hats

What is wore many hats the simple past of?
Wore many hats is the simple past of wear many hats.

Words near wore many hats in the dictionary

  1. wore and tore
  2. wore away
  3. wore down
  4. wore horns
  5. wore in
  6. wore many hats
  7. wore off
  8. wore on
  9. wore on one's sleeve
  10. wore one's heart on one's sleeve
  11. wore out

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