"dip one's pen in someone's inkwell" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dip one's pen in someone's inkwell.wav Forms: dips one's pen in someone's inkwell [present, singular, third-person], dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell [participle, present], dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell [participle, past], dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dip one's pen in someone's inkwell (third-person singular simple present dips one's pen in someone's inkwell, present participle dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell, simple past and past participle dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell)
  1. (euphemistic, of a man) To have sex with (someone). Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: discuss Uganda, Netflix and chill, show someone one's etchings, copulate Related terms: you don't dip your pen in company ink
    Sense id: en-dip_one's_pen_in_someone's_inkwell-en-verb-ny8V1oIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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