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strike the iron while it's hot en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of strike while the iron is hot.
    • 'Ere the thieves will out with their booty/And to all give a happier lot,/Each at the forge must do his duty/And strike the iron while it's hot! 1875, Eugène Pottier, “The Internationale”, Pierre De Geyter (music):
    • With the thought, the deed begin it, Act at once, — upon the spot; What you'd gain, the way to win it, Strike the iron while it's hot! 1858, Joseph Edwards Carpenter, “Strike The Iron While It's Hot”, in The Book of Modern Songs, page 37:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
struck the iron while it's hot Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
struck the iron while it's hot Tense=Past lexicographic
striking the iron while it's hot Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
strikes the iron while it's hot Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic