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sour on

sour on verb: to stop liking (something).

Verb

sour on (third-person singular simple present sours on, present participle souring on, simple past and past participle soured on)

  1. (US, colloquial, transitive) To stop liking (something).
    • He soured on the trumpet, so she never heard it again.
    • Investors have soured on Heineken after two years of weak performance and a string of earnings misses, with shares falling by a fifth from highs in 2023.2025 October 25, Madeleine Speed, “Heineken stirs debate on health with toast to beer’s role as a social lubricant”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

Forms of sour on

third-person singular presentsours on
present participlesouring on
past participlesoured on
pastsoured on

Questions about sour on

What does sour on mean?
Sour on means to stop liking (something).
What part of speech is sour on?
Sour on is a verb.
What is the past tense of sour on?
The past tense of sour on is soured on.

Words near sour on in the dictionary

  1. sour milk
  2. sour milks
  3. sour mix
  4. sour note
  5. sour notes
  6. sour on
  7. sour orange
  8. sour plum
  9. sour plums
  10. sour puss
  11. sour pusses

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