sow one's wild oats
verbEtymology
From being a typical useless or counterproductive occupation (wild oats is a weed, and would not be sown).
Definitions
To spread one's genes around by impregnating many females.
To engage in premarital or extramarital flings.
- “A nun advising a young woman to leave the convent and explore the world, the subtext being to sow her wild oats—well, it was more outrageous than any graphic scenes,” he had said.
To have numerous sexual partners.
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To indulge in a period of irresponsible behavior.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sow one's wild oats. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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