pigeonhole
verb/ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl/
/ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pigeonhole | /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl/ /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl/ |
| he / she / it pigeonholes | /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊlz/ /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊlz/ |
| past simple pigeonholed | /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊld/ /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊld/ |
| past participle pigeonholed | /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊld/ /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊld/ |
| -ing form pigeonholing | /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊlɪŋ/ |
- to decide that somebody/something belongs to a particular group or type without thinking deeply enough about it and considering what other qualities they might have synonym categorize, label
- pigeonhole somebody/something Don't let them pigeonhole you.
- pigeonhole somebody/something as something Do people try to pigeonhole you as a Christian artist?
- be pigeonholed My blog isn't easily pigeonholed.
- be pigeonholed as something He has been pigeonholed as a children's writer.
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- to decide to deal with something later or to forget it synonym shelve
- pigeonhole something She pigeonholed her worry about him.
- be pigeonholed Plans for a new school have been pigeonholed.
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