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court death

court death verb: to act in a way perceived as inviting lethal consequences, especially by challenging someone more powerful.

Verb

court death (third-person singular simple present courts death, present participle courting death, simple past and past participle courted death)

  1. (Chinese webnovels) To act in a way perceived as inviting lethal consequences, especially by challenging someone more powerful.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see court, death.

Forms of court death

third-person singular presentcourts death
present participlecourting death
past participlecourted death
pastcourted death

Origin of court death

Calque of Chinese 找死 (zhǎosǐ).

Questions about court death

What does court death mean?
Court death means to act in a way perceived as inviting lethal consequences, especially by challenging someone more powerful.
What part of speech is court death?
Court death is a verb.
What is the past tense of court death?
The past tense of court death is courted death.

Words near court death in the dictionary

  1. court cases
  2. court circular
  3. court circulars
  4. court costs
  5. court customary
  6. court death
  7. court fee
  8. court fees
  9. court guide
  10. court guides
  11. court hand

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