sow wild oats

1. To engage in youthful indiscretions, usually sexual liaisons: “Paul asked his father if he had sowed his wild oats before getting married.”

Example Sentences

Thus in Ireland I have known an outgoing tenant, in spite at his eviction, to sow wild oats in the fields which he was leaving.

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HIS gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old "grow sage."

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Men, at least, don't lose their breeding if they choose to sow wild oats.

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Gardening Note: If you sow wild oats you are likely to reap a crop of "tares."

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Now the Bible tells us that if we sow wild oats, we must reap wild oats.

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Related Words

• act up
• fool around
• trespass