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sow wild oats

Speech parts

1. sow wild oats - Verb

2. sow wild oats - Phrase

Meaning

sow wild oats (third-person singular simple present sows wild oats, present participle sowing wild oats, simple past sowed wild oats, past participle sown wild oats or sowed wild oats)

Alternative form of sow one's wild oats

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Examples

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage. Winston Churchill

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