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whose ox is gored

whose ox is gored phrase: who is suffering or losing out in a given situation.

Phrase

  1. Who is suffering or losing out in a given situation.

Questions about whose ox is gored

What does whose ox is gored mean?
Whose ox is gored means who is suffering or losing out in a given situation.
What part of speech is whose ox is gored?
Whose ox is gored is a phrase.

Words near whose ox is gored in the dictionary

  1. whorts
  2. whorven
  3. whos
  4. whose
  5. whose foot the shoe is on
  6. whose ox is gored
  7. whoseever
  8. Whoser
  9. whoserface
  10. whosername
  11. Whosers

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