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gotten one's fingers burnt

gotten one's fingers burnt is the 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 gotten one's fingers burnt

What is gotten one's fingers burnt the past participle of?
Gotten one's fingers burnt is the past participle of get one's fingers burnt.

Words near gotten one's fingers burnt in the dictionary

  1. gotten one's ducks in a row
  2. gotten one's end in
  3. gotten one's feet wet
  4. gotten one's fill
  5. gotten one's finger out
  6. gotten one's fingers burnt
  7. gotten one's fingers into
  8. gotten one's foot in the door
  9. gotten one's freak on
  10. gotten one's fuck on
  11. gotten one's hands dirty

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