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learnt one's place

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

Meaning of learn one's place

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be made aware, by experience, of one's inferior rank or status.

Questions about learnt one's place

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

Words near learnt one's place in the dictionary

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

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