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have been to an Irish wedding

have been to an Irish wedding verb: to have a black eye.

Verb

have been to an Irish wedding (third-person singular present perfect has been to an Irish wedding, present perfect participle having been to an Irish wedding, past perfect had been to an Irish wedding)

  1. (archaic, slang) To have a black eye.

Forms of have been to an Irish wedding

third-person singular present perfecthas been to an Irish wedding
present participle perfecthaving been to an Irish wedding
past perfecthad been to an Irish wedding

Questions about have been to an Irish wedding

What does have been to an Irish wedding mean?
Have been to an Irish wedding means to have a black eye.
What part of speech is have been to an Irish wedding?
Have been to an Irish wedding is a verb.
What is the past tense of have been to an Irish wedding?
The past tense of have been to an Irish wedding is had been to an Irish wedding.

Words near have been to an Irish wedding in the dictionary

  1. have at you
  2. have bats in one's belfry
  3. have been around
  4. have been around the block
  5. have been in the wars
  6. have been to an Irish wedding
  7. have blood on one's hands
  8. have butterflies in one's stomach
  9. have designs on
  10. have done
  11. have done with

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