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sock it to

sock it to verb: to physically attack or verbally assault (someone); to express an unfiltered truth to (someone).

Verb

sock it to (third-person singular simple present socks it to, present participle socking it to, simple past and past participle socked it to)

  1. (US) To physically attack or verbally assault (someone); to express an unfiltered truth to (someone).

Forms of sock it to

third-person singular presentsocks it to
present participlesocking it to
past participlesocked it to
pastsocked it to

Questions about sock it to

What does sock it to mean?
Sock it to means to physically attack or verbally assault (someone); to express an unfiltered truth to (someone).
What part of speech is sock it to?
Sock it to is a verb.
What is the past tense of sock it to?
The past tense of sock it to is socked it to.

Words near sock it to in the dictionary

  1. sock hop
  2. sock hops
  3. sock in
  4. sock into
  5. sock it
  6. sock it to
  7. sock link
  8. sock links
  9. sock monkey
  10. sock monkeys
  11. sock puppet

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