Meanings
verbsay bo to a goose (third-person singular simple present says bo to a goose, present participle saying bo to a goose, simple past and past participle said bo to a goose)
present singular third person says bo to a goose · participle present saying bo to a goose · participle past said bo to a goose · past said bo to a goose
- datedDated form of say boo to a goose.
The fellow has not pluck enough to say Bo to a goose.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
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