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oar

/oɹ/ verb C2
  1. To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars. (literary)

He/she/it oars · Past oared · Past participle oared · -ing form oaring

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Verb forms

Base form
oar
He/she/it
oars
Past
oared
Past participle
oared
-ing form
oaring

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When I fail it’ll be time enough to put your oar in.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 61 · C1
She might think I was putting my oar in and I promised not to do that.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 73 · C1
He felt no desire to put his oar in this time.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 97 · C1
Matthew decided that he would give her one; that surely could not be objected to as an unwarranted putting in of his oar.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 188 · C1

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