stuck the knife in
stuck the knife in is the simple past and past participle of stick the knife in.
Meaning of stick the knife in
Verb
stick the knife in (third-person singular simple present sticks the knife in, present participle sticking the knife in, simple past and past participle stuck the knife in)
- To say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.
- Bengali speaks with courtly floweriness even when sticking the knife in, and Thompson's well-meaning British bluntness was not appreciated.2001, Ezra Greenspan, Jonathan Rose, Book History, volume 4, page 307
Questions about stuck the knife in
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- Stuck the knife in is the simple past and past participle of stick the knife in.
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