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twist the knife in sb's wound

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  • phrase twist the knife in sb's wound If you twist the knife in someone's wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant. 0
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noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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twist the knife in sb's wound popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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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