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lived under a rock

lived under a rock is the simple past and past participle of live under a rock.

Meaning of live under a rock

Verb

live under a rock (third-person singular simple present lives under a rock, present participle living under a rock, simple past and past participle lived under a rock)

  1. (figuratively) To live in isolation: to live hermetically (especially, hermitically); thus, to be unaware of or be oblivious to common knowledge; to be isolated from knowledge of current events.
    • Of course I know about Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. I do not live under a rock.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see live, under, rock.
    • Eventually their misanthropy got so bad that they built a ferroconcrete underground home in the farthest boondocks of North Dakota so that they could literally live under a rock.

Questions about lived under a rock

What is lived under a rock the simple past and past participle of?
Lived under a rock is the simple past and past participle of live under a rock.

Words near lived under a rock in the dictionary

  1. lived times
  2. lived to fight another day
  3. lived to regret
  4. lived to tell the tale
  5. lived together
  6. lived under a rock
  7. lived up
  8. lived with
  9. lived with one's wife's family
  10. lived with oneself
  11. lived within oneself

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