cast up one's accounts
cast up one's accounts · casts up one's accounts · cast up one's accounts · casting up one's accounts
To come to an accountingTo come to an accounting; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; reckon.
Meaning
2 sensesTo come to an accounting; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; reckon.
(archaic, idiomatic)To vomit.
Forms
casts up one's accounts, casting up one's accounts, cast up one's accounts, cast up one's accounts| Base form | cast up one's accounts · to cast up one's accounts |
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| 3rd person singular | casts up one's accounts |
| Present participle | casting up one's accounts |
| Past simple | cast up one's accounts |
| Past participle | cast up one's accounts |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | cast up one's accounts |
| he, she, it | casts up one's accounts |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | cast up one's accounts |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have cast up one's accounts |
| he, she, it | has cast up one's accounts |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will cast up one's accounts |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle