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poke someone's eye out

poke someone's eye out verb: to damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.

Verb

poke someone's eye out (third-person singular simple present pokes someone's eye out, present participle poking someone's eye out, simple past and past participle poked someone's eye out)

  1. (idiomatic) To damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.
    • Hey, watch where you're throwing that thing! You could've poked Jeff's eye out.

Forms of poke someone's eye out

third-person singular presentpokes someone's eye out
present participlepoking someone's eye out
past participlepoked someone's eye out
pastpoked someone's eye out

Questions about poke someone's eye out

What does poke someone's eye out mean?
Poke someone's eye out means to damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.
What part of speech is poke someone's eye out?
Poke someone's eye out is a verb.
What is the past tense of poke someone's eye out?
The past tense of poke someone's eye out is poked someone's eye out.

Words near poke someone's eye out in the dictionary

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