howl at the moon (English, verb)
expansion: howl at the moon (third-person singular simple present howls at the moon, present participle howling at the moon, simple past and past participle howled at the moon)
Senses:
glosses: To spend considerable time and effort fruitlessly in a hopeless endeavor.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: howls at the moon
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: howling at the moon
tags: participle
present
form: howled at the moon
tags: participle
past
form: howled at the moon
tags: past