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left a sour taste in one's mouth

left a sour taste in one's mouth is the simple past and past participle of leave a sour taste in one's mouth.

Meaning of leave a sour taste in one's mouth

Verb

leave a sour taste in one's mouth (third-person singular simple present leaves a sour taste in one's mouth, present participle leaving a sour taste in one's mouth, simple past and past participle left a sour taste in one's mouth)

  1. (idiomatic) To give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.
    • But after having been employed for her "entire adult life," her experience of being uninsured leaves a sour taste in her mouth.2007 July, Hilary Beard, “Surviving the Health Insurance Crisis”, in Ebony, page 140

Questions about left a sour taste in one's mouth

What is left a sour taste in one's mouth the simple past and past participle of?
Left a sour taste in one's mouth is the simple past and past participle of leave a sour taste in one's mouth.

Words near left a sour taste in one's mouth in the dictionary

  1. lefse plant
  2. lefses
  3. left
  4. left a lot to be desired
  5. left a mark
  6. left a sour taste in one's mouth
  7. left alone
  8. left anarchism
  9. left anarchist
  10. left anarchists
  11. left and right

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