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lives under a rock

lives under a rock is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lives under a rock

What is lives under a rock the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lives under a rock is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live under a rock.

Words near lives under a rock in the dictionary

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

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