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poked someone's eye out

poked someone's eye out is the simple past and past participle of poke someone's eye out.

Meaning of poke someone's eye out

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.

Questions about poked someone's eye out

What is poked someone's eye out the simple past and past participle of?
Poked someone's eye out is the simple past and past participle of poke someone's eye out.

Words near poked someone's eye out in the dictionary

  1. poked holes in
  2. poked mullock
  3. poked one's fun
  4. poked one's nose into
  5. poked out
  6. poked someone's eye out
  7. poked the bear
  8. pokeful
  9. pokefuls
  10. pokegirl
  11. pokegirls

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