to lick your wounds
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Definition of to lick your wounds words
- phrase to lick your wounds If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy. 0
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Parts of speech for To lick your wounds
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
to lick your wounds popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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