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wore rose-colored glasses

wore rose-colored glasses is the simple past and past participle of wear rose-colored glasses.

Meaning of wear rose-colored glasses

Verb

wear rose-colored glasses (third-person singular simple present wears rose-colored glasses, present participle wearing rose-colored glasses, simple past wore rose-colored glasses, past participle worn rose-colored glasses)

  1. (idiomatic) To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative.

Questions about wore rose-colored glasses

What is wore rose-colored glasses the simple past and past participle of?
Wore rose-colored glasses is the simple past and past participle of wear rose-colored glasses.

Words near wore rose-colored glasses in the dictionary

  1. wore on one's sleeve
  2. wore one's heart on one's sleeve
  3. wore out
  4. wore out one's welcome
  5. wore rose colored glasses
  6. wore rose-colored glasses
  7. wore sackcloth and ashes
  8. wore something on one's sleeve
  9. wore the breeches
  10. wore the pants
  11. wore the trousers

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