Meanings
verbsmell the roses (third-person singular simple present smells the roses, present participle smelling the roses, simple past and past participle smelled the roses or smelt the roses)
present singular third person smells the roses · participle present smelling the roses · participle past smelled the roses · past smelled the roses · participle past smelt the roses · past smelt the roses
- alternativeAlternative form of stop and smell the roses.
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