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learnt one's lesson

learnt one's lesson is the simple past and past participle of learn one's lesson.

Meaning of learn one's lesson

Verb

learn one's lesson (third-person singular simple present learns one's lesson, present participle learning one's lesson, simple past and past participle learned one's lesson or learnt one's lesson)

  1. (figuratively) To learn to avoid repeating a mistake.

Questions about learnt one's lesson

What is learnt one's lesson the simple past and past participle of?
Learnt one's lesson is the simple past and past participle of learn one's lesson.

Words near learnt one's lesson in the dictionary

  1. learnset
  2. learnsets
  3. learnt
  4. learnt Chinese
  5. learnt from experience
  6. learnt one's lesson
  7. learnt one's place
  8. learnt the hard way
  9. learnt the ropes
  10. learnt to walk before one could run
  11. learny

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