put the cork back in the bottle in English

Forms: puts the cork back in the bottle [present, singular, third-person], putting the cork back in the bottle [participle, present], put the cork back in the bottle [participle, past], put the cork back in the bottle [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the cork back in the bottle}} put the cork back in the bottle (third-person singular simple present puts the cork back in the bottle, present participle putting the cork back in the bottle, simple past and past participle put the cork back in the bottle)

Inflected forms

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"put the cork back in the bottle" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms