"bring coals to Newcastle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: brings coals to Newcastle [present, singular, third-person], bringing coals to Newcastle [participle, present], brought coals to Newcastle [participle, past], brought coals to Newcastle [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> coals to Newcastle}} bring coals to Newcastle (third-person singular simple present brings coals to Newcastle, present participle bringing coals to Newcastle, simple past and past participle brought coals to Newcastle)
  1. Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: carry coals to Newcastle
    Sense id: en-bring_coals_to_Newcastle-en-verb-1vFekoxv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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