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lick your wounds to feel unhappy after a defeat or an unpleasant experience. After retiring to lick its wounds, the party is regaining its confidence. lick your wounds to avoid or ignore other people after an unpleasant experience. Mary's film career was a failure, and she went home to lick her wounds in private. Etymology: based on the idea of an injured animal that licks its wounds (= cleans an injury with its tongue) |
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Somewhere in her late 20s, Vicki is pregnant, and has come home to lick wounds romantic and vague. |
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