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wild oat Definition


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wild oat
noun
    1. Any of several tall perennial weeds related to the cultivated oat.
Idiom: sow one's wild oats
    Said especially of young men: to live a life of debauchery, indulgence and excesses before settling down to a more decent and dignified life.


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