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gets one's fingers burnt

gets one's fingers burnt is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's fingers burnt.

Meaning of get one's fingers burnt

Verb

get one's fingers burnt (third-person singular simple present gets one's fingers burnt, present participle getting one's fingers burnt, simple past got one's fingers burnt, past participle (UK) got one's fingers burnt or (US) gotten one's fingers burnt)

  1. (idiomatic) To suffer relatively minor, adversive, and unexpected harm.
    • He got his fingers burnt in that stock market scam, but at least he didn't lose his house.

Questions about gets one's fingers burnt

What is gets one's fingers burnt the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets one's fingers burnt is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's fingers burnt.

Words near gets one's fingers burnt in the dictionary

  1. gets one's eyes off
  2. gets one's fairing
  3. gets one's feet wet
  4. gets one's fill
  5. gets one's finger out
  6. gets one's fingers burnt
  7. gets one's fingers into
  8. gets one's foot in the door
  9. gets one's freak on
  10. gets one's fuck on
  11. gets one's groove on

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