get blood out of a turnip
get blood out of a turnip · gets blood out of a turnip · got blood out of a turnip · getting blood out of a turnip
Synonym of get blood out of a stoneSynonym of get blood out of a stone.
» You can't get blood out of a turnip.
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1 sensesSynonym of get blood out of a stone.
Examples
2 sentencesYou can't get blood out of a turnip.
You won’t get blood out of a turnip.
Forms
gets blood out of a turnip, getting blood out of a turnip, got blood out of a turnip, got blood out of a turnip| Base form | get blood out of a turnip · to get blood out of a turnip |
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| 3rd person singular | gets blood out of a turnip |
| Present participle | getting blood out of a turnip |
| Past simple | got blood out of a turnip |
| Past participle | got blood out of a turnip / gotten blood out of a turnip |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | get blood out of a turnip |
| he, she, it | gets blood out of a turnip |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | got blood out of a turnip |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have got blood out of a turnip |
| he, she, it | has got blood out of a turnip |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will get blood out of a turnip |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.