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wear as a badge of honor

wear as a badge of honor verb: defiantly reinterpret (something said) to be negative about oneself as positive.

Verb

wear as a badge of honor (third-person singular simple present wears as a badge of honor, present participle wearing as a badge of honor, simple past wore as a badge of honor, past participle worn as a badge of honor)

  1. (transitive) Defiantly reinterpret (something said) to be negative about oneself as positive.

Forms of wear as a badge of honor

third-person singular presentwears as a badge of honor
present participlewearing as a badge of honor
pastwore as a badge of honor
past participleworn as a badge of honor

Questions about wear as a badge of honor

What does wear as a badge of honor mean?
Wear as a badge of honor means defiantly reinterpret (something said) to be negative about oneself as positive.
What part of speech is wear as a badge of honor?
Wear as a badge of honor is a verb.
What is the past tense of wear as a badge of honor?
The past tense of wear as a badge of honor is wore as a badge of honor.

Words near wear as a badge of honor in the dictionary

  1. weaponsmithy
  2. weaps
  3. weaps.
  4. wear
  5. wear and tear
  6. wear as a badge of honor
  7. wear away
  8. wear down
  9. wear horns
  10. wear in
  11. wear leveling

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