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got one's fingers burnt

got one's fingers burnt is the simple past and past participle 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 got one's fingers burnt

What is got one's fingers burnt the simple past and past participle of?
Got one's fingers burnt is the simple past and past participle of get one's fingers burnt.

Words near got one's fingers burnt in the dictionary

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

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