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who hurt you

who hurt you phrase: a retort to a person who sounds unexpectedly bitter and defensive.

Phrase

who hurt you?

  1. A retort to a person who sounds unexpectedly bitter and defensive.
    • “Are you desperate for magic? Or are you desperate for company? How sad.”
      The witch-hunter looked at her with his stricken, sorrowful eyes. “Wow. Who hurt you?”2020, Sarah Rees Brennan, Daughter of Chaos

Questions about who hurt you

What does who hurt you mean?
Who hurt you means a retort to a person who sounds unexpectedly bitter and defensive.
What part of speech is who hurt you?
Who hurt you is a phrase.

Words near who hurt you in the dictionary

  1. who died and made you king
  2. who died and made you president
  3. who died and made you queen
  4. who do you think you are
  5. who goes there
  6. who hurt you
  7. who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
  8. who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
  9. who knew
  10. who knows
  11. who pays the piper calls the tune

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