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stick a needle in my eye

stick a needle in my eye verb: synonym of cross my heart and hope to die.

Verb

stick a needle in my eye (third-person singular simple present sticks a needle in my eye, present participle sticking a needle in my eye, simple past and past participle stuck a needle in my eye)

  1. Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die.
    • “Do you promise?” Tilley said.
      “Stick a needle in my eye.” Mica's mumbled reply came back in a rude singsong.2010, Lynn Hones, The Cult of Light and Lies, page 79

Synonyms of stick a needle in my eye

Forms of stick a needle in my eye

third-person singular presentsticks a needle in my eye
present participlesticking a needle in my eye
past participlestuck a needle in my eye
paststuck a needle in my eye

Origin of stick a needle in my eye

Originally (and more commonly) used as a second line of the rhyme.

Questions about stick a needle in my eye

What does stick a needle in my eye mean?
Stick a needle in my eye means synonym of cross my heart and hope to die.
What part of speech is stick a needle in my eye?
Stick a needle in my eye is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick a needle in my eye?
The past tense of stick a needle in my eye is stuck a needle in my eye.

Words near stick a needle in my eye in the dictionary

  1. Stichtse Vecht
  2. stick
  3. stick 'em up
  4. stick a fork in me, I'm done
  5. stick a fork in something
  6. stick a needle in my eye
  7. stick a pin there
  8. stick a sock in it
  9. stick and carrot
  10. stick around
  11. stick at

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