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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

come up with snake eyes en · VERB

Etymology

From come up with + snake eyes (“a pair of dice showing a value of 1, a losing roll in many dice games”).

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.

Forms

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comes up with snake eyes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
come up with snake eyes Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
came up with snake eyes Tense=Past lexicographic
coming up with snake eyes Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
come up snake eyes alternative lexicographic

Relateds

come up short · come up roses