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would it hurt

would it hurt phrase: used to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.

Phrase

would it hurt

  1. (rhetoric) Used to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.
    • Would it hurt to say "please" once in a while?

Questions about would it hurt

What does would it hurt mean?
Would it hurt means used to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.
What part of speech is would it hurt?
Would it hurt is a phrase.

Words near would it hurt in the dictionary

  1. woughs
  2. Woughton
  3. would
  4. would give a Jew's eye
  5. would have liked to
  6. would it hurt
  7. would it kill someone
  8. would like
  9. would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
  10. would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on
  11. would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on

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