put one's skates on

skate

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Definitions of put one's skates on words

noun put one's skates on ice skate (def 1). 1
noun put one's skates on roller skate. 1
noun put one's skates on the blade of an ice skate. 1
noun put one's skates on a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship. 1
verb without object put one's skates on to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. 1
verb without object put one's skates on to glide or slide smoothly along. 1

before 1640

One of the 44% oldest English words

1640-50; orig. plural scates < Dutch schaats (singular) skate, Middle Dutch schaetse stilt (compare Medieval Latin scatia) < ?

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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