Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

lick one's wounds

He's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.
11 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'lick one's wounds':

lick one's woundsTo withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the lick one's wounds phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to lick one's wounds

lick my ballsline one's pocketslick the pants offlegend in one's own mindlie through one's teethlegend in one's own lifetimelick one's chopslick uplet one golick someone's ballslet the grass grow under one's feetlive onelet one's hair downleave to one's own devices

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this lick one's wounds phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this lick one's wounds definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "lick one's wounds." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/lick-ones-wounds_5073>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    What's _____, Doc?
    A down
    B over
    C up
    D past

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ