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brick oneself

brick oneself verb: to be scared; to be terrified.

Verb

brick oneself (third-person singular simple present bricks oneself, present participle bricking oneself, simple past and past participle bricked oneself)

  1. (slang, vulgar) To be scared; to be terrified.
    • When I realized I'd been caught, I started bricking myself.

Forms of brick oneself

third-person singular presentbricks oneself
present participlebricking oneself
past participlebricked oneself
pastbricked oneself

Origin of brick oneself

See shit a brick.

Questions about brick oneself

What does brick oneself mean?
Brick oneself means to be scared; to be terrified.
What part of speech is brick oneself?
Brick oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of brick oneself?
The past tense of brick oneself is bricked oneself.

Words near brick oneself in the dictionary

  1. brick in one's hat
  2. brick it
  3. brick joke
  4. brick jokes
  5. brick off
  6. brick oneself
  7. brick over
  8. brick pack
  9. brick packs
  10. brick phone
  11. brick phones

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