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give someone a bloody nose

give someone a bloody nose verb: to defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.

Verb

give someone a bloody nose (third-person singular simple present gives someone a bloody nose, present participle giving someone a bloody nose, simple past gave someone a bloody nose, past participle given someone a bloody nose)

  1. (idiomatic) To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.

Forms of give someone a bloody nose

third-person singular presentgives someone a bloody nose
present participlegiving someone a bloody nose
pastgave someone a bloody nose
past participlegiven someone a bloody nose

Questions about give someone a bloody nose

What does give someone a bloody nose mean?
Give someone a bloody nose means to defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.
What part of speech is give someone a bloody nose?
Give someone a bloody nose is a verb.
What is the past tense of give someone a bloody nose?
The past tense of give someone a bloody nose is gave someone a bloody nose.

Words near give someone a bloody nose in the dictionary

  1. give place
  2. give pursuit
  3. give rise to
  4. give some skin
  5. give someone a bell
  6. give someone a bloody nose
  7. give someone a break
  8. give someone a buzz
  9. give someone a hand
  10. give someone a hard time
  11. give someone a jingle

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