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reads someone to filth

reads someone to filth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read someone to filth.

Meaning of read someone to filth

Verb

read someone to filth (third-person singular simple present reads someone to filth, present participle reading someone to filth, simple past and past participle read someone to filth)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of (someone).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:read someone to filth.

Questions about reads someone to filth

What is reads someone to filth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reads someone to filth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read someone to filth.

Words near reads someone to filth in the dictionary

  1. reads oneself in
  2. reads out
  3. reads over
  4. reads someone for filth
  5. reads someone the riot act
  6. reads someone to filth
  7. reads someone's beads
  8. reads someone's lips
  9. reads someone's mind
  10. reads the car
  11. reads the green

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