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use your words

use your words phrase: used by educators or caregivers to encourage an upset child to express the problem verbally instead of misbehaving physically.

Phrase

use your words

  1. (imperative) Used by educators or caregivers to encourage an upset child to express the problem verbally instead of misbehaving physically.
  2. (Internet, broadly, derogatory, imperative) Used to mock or criticize a person perceived as being overemotional.

Questions about use your words

What does use your words mean?
Use your words means used by educators or caregivers to encourage an upset child to express the problem verbally instead of misbehaving physically.
What part of speech is use your words?
Use your words is a phrase.

Words near use your words in the dictionary

  1. use the washroom
  2. use to
  3. use up
  4. use value
  5. use values
  6. use your words
  7. use-by date
  8. use-by dates
  9. use-case
  10. use-cases
  11. use-mention distinction

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