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met cute

met cute is the simple past and past participle of meet cute.

Meaning of meet cute

Verb

meet cute (third-person singular simple present meets cute, present participle meeting cute, simple past and past participle met cute)

  1. (informal, intransitive) Of characters in a story or people in real life: to meet each other in an adorable, amusing, or cute way.
    • "The rest of the script is fine, boys," said Mr. Trumpett. "You've got nice situations and I like the way you've handled your story line and I like your finish—we're going to have a nice little picture when we get through with it—but, frankly, I don't like your beginning. They don't meet cute."1937 May 22, Alan Campbell, “They Meet Cute”, in The New Yorker, volume 13, number 14, New York, N.Y.: New Yorker Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1

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Questions about met cute

What is met cute the simple past and past participle of?
Met cute is the simple past and past participle of meet cute.

Words near met cute in the dictionary

  1. Meszaros
  2. Meszaroses
  3. Mesía
  4. met
  5. met a sticky end
  6. met cute
  7. met halfway
  8. met mitzvah
  9. Met Office
  10. met one's maker
  11. met one's match

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