tread the boards (English, verb)
expansion: tread the boards (third-person singular simple present treads the boards, present participle treading the boards, simple past trod the boards or tread the boards or treaded the boards, past participle trodden the boards or trod the boards or tread the boards or treaded the boards)
expansion: (intransitive, idiomatic, dated or humorous)
Senses:
glosses: To work as a theatre actor.
tags: dated
humorous
idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To write plays for the theatre.
tags: dated
figuratively
humorous
idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: treads the boards
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: treading the boards
tags: participle
present
form: trod the boards
tags: past
form: tread the boards
tags: past
form: treaded the boards
tags: past
form: trodden the boards
tags: participle
past
form: trod the boards
tags: participle
past
form: tread the boards
tags: participle
past
form: treaded the boards
tags: participle
past