"wear the pants" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wears the pants [present, singular, third-person], wearing the pants [participle, present], wore the pants [past], worn the pants [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> the pants}} wear the pants (third-person singular simple present wears the pants, present participle wearing the pants, simple past wore the pants, past participle worn the pants)
  1. (US) Alternative form of wear the trousers Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wear the trousers

Inflected forms

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