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scrapes someone off the ceiling

scrapes someone off the ceiling is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape someone off the ceiling.

Meaning of scrape someone off the ceiling

Verb

scrape someone off the ceiling (third-person singular simple present scrapes someone off the ceiling, present participle scraping someone off the ceiling, simple past and past participle scraped someone off the ceiling)

  1. (idiomatic) Used to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.
    • He would come over to my office at least once a week and explode because somebody had been after him. And I would scrape him off the ceiling and send him back until the next week.1979, A History of Cancer Control in the United States, 1946-1971
    Synonyms:
    pull someone off the ceiling, peel someone off the ceiling

Questions about scrapes someone off the ceiling

What is scrapes someone off the ceiling the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrapes someone off the ceiling is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape someone off the ceiling.

Words near scrapes someone off the ceiling in the dictionary

  1. scrapes along
  2. scrapes at the bottom of the barrel
  3. scrapes by
  4. scrapes down
  5. scrapes off
  6. scrapes someone off the ceiling
  7. scrapes the barrel
  8. scrapes the bottom of the barrel
  9. scrapes through
  10. scrapes together
  11. scrapes up

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