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Phrase(s): sow one’s wild oats
to do wild and foolish things in one’s youth. (Often assumed to have some sort of sexual meaning.) • Jack was out sowing his wild oats last night, and he’s in jail this morning. • Mrs. Smith told Mr. Smith that he was too old to be sowing his wild oats.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs