shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
shut the stable door after the horse has bolted · shuts the stable door after the horse has bolted · shut the stable door after the horse had bolted · shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
Synonym of close the stable door after the horse has boltedSynonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Forms
shuts the stable door after the horse has bolted, shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, shut the stable door after the horse had bolted, shut the stable door after the horse had bolted| Base form | shut the stable door after the horse has bolted · to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted |
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| 3rd person singular | shuts the stable door after the horse has bolted |
| Present participle | shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted |
| Past simple | shut the stable door after the horse had bolted |
| Past participle | shut the stable door after the horse had bolted |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | shut the stable door after the horse has bolted |
| he, she, it | shuts the stable door after the horse has bolted |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | shut the stable door after the horse had bolted |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have shut the stable door after the horse had bolted |
| he, she, it | has shut the stable door after the horse had bolted |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will shut the stable door after the horse has bolted |
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.