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SOW ONE'S OATS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sow one's oats mean?
• SOW ONE'S OATS (verb)
The verb SOW ONE'S OATS has 1 sense:
1. live promiscuously and self-indulgently
Familiarity information: SOW ONE'S OATS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Live promiscuously and self-indulgently
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
sow one's oats; sow one's wild oats
Hypernyms (to "sow one's oats" is one way to...):
gratify; indulge; pander (yield (to); give satisfaction to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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