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read 'em and weep

read 'em and weep interjection: used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.

Interjection

  1. (informal) Used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.
    • I've got a full house. Read 'em and weep, boys.
  2. (broadly, informal) Used as a taunt when outperforming or one-upping rivals.
    • Today's BellaHater Award goes halfsies to Zephyr Addler and Mercedes Sanchez! Zephyr 4 sticking it 2 Bella by tongue wrestling with TLC. Way 2 Go! And Mercedes 4 outing them. Poor Bella! What's a girl 2 do? Suffer bitch! You've made everybody else's life hell and what comes around goes around, so...2009, Heather Swain, Me, My Elf & I, →ISBN

Questions about read 'em and weep

What does read 'em and weep mean?
Read 'em and weep means used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.
What part of speech is read 'em and weep?
Read 'em and weep is an interjection.

Words near read 'em and weep in the dictionary

  1. reacylates
  2. reacylating
  3. reacylation
  4. reacylations
  5. read
  6. read 'em and weep
  7. read across
  8. read along
  9. read between the lines
  10. read count
  11. read counts

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