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light someone's ass up

light someone's ass up verb: to scold or castigate someone severely.

Verb

light someone's ass up (third-person singular simple present lights someone's ass up, present participle lighting someone's ass up, simple past and past participle lit someone's ass up)

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To scold or castigate someone severely.

Forms of light someone's ass up

third-person singular presentlights someone's ass up
present participlelighting someone's ass up
past participlelit someone's ass up
pastlit someone's ass up
alternative formlight up someone's ass

Questions about light someone's ass up

What does light someone's ass up mean?
Light someone's ass up means to scold or castigate someone severely.
What part of speech is light someone's ass up?
Light someone's ass up is a verb.
What is the past tense of light someone's ass up?
The past tense of light someone's ass up is lit someone's ass up.

Words near light someone's ass up in the dictionary

  1. light show
  2. light shows
  3. light side of the Force
  4. light skirt
  5. light skirts
  6. light someone's ass up
  7. light someone's fire
  8. light soup
  9. light soups
  10. light source
  11. light sources

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