sing for one's supper in English

Forms: sings for one's supper [present, singular, third-person], singing for one's supper [participle, present], sang for one's supper [past], sung for one's supper [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|sing<,,sang,sung> for one's supper}} sing for one's supper (third-person singular simple present sings for one's supper, present participle singing for one's supper, simple past sang for one's supper, past participle sung for one's supper)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sings for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "singing for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sang for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sung for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "sing for one's supper (third-person singular simple present sings for one's supper, present participle singing for one's supper, simple past sang for one's supper, past participle sung for one's supper)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To work in exchange for some reward or recompense."
      ],
      "id": "en-sing_for_one's_supper-en-verb-YEC8XKMu",
      "links": [
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          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
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          "reward"
        ],
        [
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          "recompense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To work in exchange for some reward or recompense."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "for a song"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sing for one's supper"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sings for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "singing for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sang for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sung for one's supper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sing<,,sang,sung> for one's supper"
      },
      "expansion": "sing for one's supper (third-person singular simple present sings for one's supper, present participle singing for one's supper, simple past sang for one's supper, past participle sung for one's supper)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "for a song"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To work in exchange for some reward or recompense."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
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          "reward"
        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To work in exchange for some reward or recompense."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sing for one's supper"
}

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"sing for one's supper" meaning in English

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