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spoken someone's language

spoken someone's language is the past participle of speak someone's language.

Meaning of speak someone's language

Verb

speak someone's language (third-person singular simple present speaks someone's language, present participle speaking someone's language, simple past spoke someone's language, past participle spoken someone's language)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately.
    • "When I'm with you I seem to get back to my natural conditions—the conditions in which I can live and work." . . . He turned to her eagerly. "You're the only one, Lois, who knows what I mean—who can speak my language."1915, Basil King, chapter 15, in The Side Of The Angels

Questions about spoken someone's language

What is spoken someone's language the past participle of?
Spoken someone's language is the past participle of speak someone's language.

Words near spoken someone's language in the dictionary

  1. spoken one's mind
  2. spoken out
  3. spoken out of turn
  4. spoken pause
  5. spoken pauses
  6. spoken someone's language
  7. spoken to
  8. spoken too soon
  9. spoken truth to power
  10. spoken up
  11. spoken volumes

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