"lock the stable door after the horse has bolted" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: locks the stable door after the horse has bolted [present, singular, third-person], locking the stable door after the horse has bolted [participle, present], locked the stable door after the horse had bolted [participle, past], locked the stable door after the horse had bolted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lock<> the stable door after the horse has<has,has,had> bolted}} lock the stable door after the horse has bolted (third-person singular simple present locks the stable door after the horse has bolted, present participle locking the stable door after the horse has bolted, simple past and past participle locked the stable door after the horse had bolted)
  1. Synonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted Synonyms: close the stable door after the horse has bolted [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-lock_the_stable_door_after_the_horse_has_bolted-en-verb-Z2NTD8TX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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