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go through the attitudes en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To act something out physically; to mime.
    • As we could only converse by signs, we had some difficulty in making them understand what was meant. Dick was the most successful. He […] went through the attitudes of letting down the line and hauling up a big fish. The chief nodded his head and pointed to the sea, and allowed us to go down to the harbour. 1878, W. H. G. Kingston, Twice Lost, page 168:
    • Take the instrument used in winnowing corn, and go through all the attitudes of letting it down against the wind. 1885, E. J. Guthrie, Old Scottish Customs, page 71:

Forms

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goes through the attitudes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going through the attitudes Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gone through the attitudes Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went through the attitudes Tense=Past lexicographic