"dree one's weird" meaning in All languages combined

See dree one's weird on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: drees one's weird [present, singular, third-person], dreeing one's weird [participle, present], dreed one's weird [participle, past], dreed one's weird [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dree one's weird (third-person singular simple present drees one's weird, present participle dreeing one's weird, simple past and past participle dreed one's weird)
  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To submit to one's fate. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal

Verb [Scots]

Forms: drees one's weird [present, singular, third-person], dreein one's weird [participle, present], dreed one's weird [participle, past], dreed one's weird [past]
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  1. to submit to one's fate
    Sense id: en-dree_one's_weird-sco-verb-awpYVvwx Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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