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like the sound of one's own voice

like the sound of one's own voice verb: to talk a lot.

Verb

like the sound of one's own voice (third-person singular simple present likes the sound of one's own voice, present participle liking the sound of one's own voice, simple past and past participle liked the sound of one's own voice)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, usually) To talk a lot.

Forms of like the sound of one's own voice

third-person singular presentlikes the sound of one's own voice
present participleliking the sound of one's own voice
past participleliked the sound of one's own voice
pastliked the sound of one's own voice

Questions about like the sound of one's own voice

What does like the sound of one's own voice mean?
Like the sound of one's own voice means to talk a lot.
What part of speech is like the sound of one's own voice?
Like the sound of one's own voice is a verb.
What is the past tense of like the sound of one's own voice?
The past tense of like the sound of one's own voice is liked the sound of one's own voice.

Words near like the sound of one's own voice in the dictionary

  1. like the clappers
  2. like the devil
  3. like the man said
  4. like the man says
  5. like the new time
  6. like the sound of one's own voice
  7. like the wind
  8. like the wrath of God
  9. like there is no tomorrow
  10. like there was no tomorrow
  11. like there were no tomorrow

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