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pokes someone's eye out

pokes someone's eye out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pokes someone's eye out

What is pokes someone's eye out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pokes someone's eye out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of poke someone's eye out.

Words near pokes someone's eye out in the dictionary

  1. pokes holes in
  2. pokes mullock
  3. pokes one's fun
  4. pokes one's nose into
  5. pokes out
  6. pokes someone's eye out
  7. pokes the bear
  8. Pokesdown
  9. pokeweed
  10. pokeweeds
  11. pokey

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