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cut someone's comb

cut someone's comb verb: to humiliate someone who is conceited.

Verb

cut someone's comb (third-person singular simple present cuts someone's comb, present participle cutting someone's comb, simple past and past participle cut someone's comb)

  1. To humiliate someone who is conceited.
    • Ha! ha! I can't help thinking of his swaggering self-importance the first time he came here; and how I cut his comb.1877, Timothy Shay Arthur, The Bar-rooms at Brantly; Or, The Great Hotel Speculation, page 423

Synonyms of cut someone's comb

Forms of cut someone's comb

third-person singular presentcuts someone's comb
present participlecutting someone's comb
past participlecut someone's comb
pastcut someone's comb

Origin of cut someone's comb

From the practice of cutting the combs of capons.

Questions about cut someone's comb

What does cut someone's comb mean?
Cut someone's comb means to humiliate someone who is conceited.
What part of speech is cut someone's comb?
Cut someone's comb is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut someone's comb?
The past tense of cut someone's comb is cut someone's comb.

Words near cut someone's comb in the dictionary

  1. cut someone dead
  2. cut someone loose
  3. cut someone off at the knees
  4. cut someone slack
  5. cut someone some slack
  6. cut someone's comb
  7. cut someone's throat
  8. cut splice
  9. cut splices
  10. cut stick
  11. cut swathes

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