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cut deeper than a knife

cut deeper than a knife verb: cause severe emotional pain.

Verb

cut deeper than a knife (third-person singular simple present cuts deeper than a knife, present participle cutting deeper than a knife, simple past and past participle cut deeper than a knife)

  1. Cause severe emotional pain.
    • Your words cut deeper than a knife / Now I need someone to breathe me back to life2015, “Stitches”, performed by Shawn Mendes

Forms of cut deeper than a knife

third-person singular presentcuts deeper than a knife
present participlecutting deeper than a knife
past participlecut deeper than a knife
pastcut deeper than a knife

Questions about cut deeper than a knife

What does cut deeper than a knife mean?
Cut deeper than a knife means cause severe emotional pain.
What part of speech is cut deeper than a knife?
Cut deeper than a knife is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut deeper than a knife?
The past tense of cut deeper than a knife is cut deeper than a knife.

Words near cut deeper than a knife in the dictionary

  1. cut cards
  2. cut cavendish
  3. cut class
  4. cut corners
  5. cut crease
  6. cut deeper than a knife
  7. cut down
  8. cut down the tall poppy
  9. cut down to size
  10. cut fastball
  11. cut fastballs

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