need more time in the oven (English, verb)
expansion: need more time in the oven (third-person singular simple present needs more time in the oven, present participle needing more time in the oven, simple past and past participle needed more time in the oven)
Senses:
glosses: Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: needs more time in the oven
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: needing more time in the oven
tags: participle
present
form: needed more time in the oven
tags: participle
past
form: needed more time in the oven
tags: past