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stroked someone's ego

stroked someone's ego is the simple past and past participle of stroke someone's ego.

Meaning of stroke someone's ego

Verb

stroke someone's ego (third-person singular simple present strokes someone's ego, present participle stroking someone's ego, simple past and past participle stroked someone's ego)

  1. To baselessly compliment someone in order to undeservedly flatter or indulge them.
    • You're a horrible host! You don't care about us at all! You care more about stroking your own ego than giving us anything we'd actually enjoy!2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (27:25 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Pomni (Lizzie Freeman)

Questions about stroked someone's ego

What is stroked someone's ego the simple past and past participle of?
Stroked someone's ego is the simple past and past participle of stroke someone's ego.

Words near stroked someone's ego in the dictionary

  1. stroke volume
  2. stroke volumes
  3. strokeable
  4. stroked
  5. stroked out
  6. stroked someone's ego
  7. strokedst
  8. strokee
  9. strokees
  10. strokeless
  11. strokelessness

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