spare a thought for en · VERB
Meanings
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To think about someone or something.
These lines survive, but who now recalls a journey to Macmerry, or to Carmyllie, or spares a thought for the Solway Junction Railway with its gaunt and lonely viaduct?
1958 July 14, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spares a thought for | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sparing a thought for | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spared a thought for | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spared a thought for | Tense=Past | lexicographic |