chew the meat and spit out the bones
chew the meat and spit out the bones · chews the meat and spits out the bones · chewed the meat and spat out the bones / chewed the meat and spit out the bones · chewing the meat and spitting out the bones
To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid…To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
Forms
chews the meat and spits out the bones, chewing the meat and spitting out the bones, chewed the meat and spat out the bones, chewed the meat and spat out the bones| Base form | chew the meat and spit out the bones · to chew the meat and spit out the bones |
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| 3rd person singular | chews the meat and spits out the bones |
| Present participle | chewing the meat and spitting out the bones |
| Past simple | chewed the meat and spat out the bones / chewed the meat and spit out the bones |
| Past participle | chewed the meat and spat out the bones / chewed the meat and spit out the bones |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | chew the meat and spit out the bones |
| he, she, it | chews the meat and spits out the bones |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | chewed the meat and spat out the bones |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have chewed the meat and spat out the bones |
| he, she, it | has chewed the meat and spat out the bones |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will chew the meat and spit out the bones |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle