"read 'em and weep" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

Head templates: {{en-interj}} read 'em and weep
  1. (informal) Used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand. Tags: informal Related terms: take that, eat your heart out
    Sense id: en-read_'em_and_weep-en-intj-5yhLZIoQ Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 78 22
  2. (informal, by extension) Used as a taunt when outperforming or one-upping rivals. Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-read_'em_and_weep-en-intj-yh-tK5El Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64
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        "(informal) Used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand."
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          "ref": "2009, Heather Swain, Me, My Elf & I, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Today's BellaHater Award goes halfsies to Zephyr Addler and Mercedes Sanchez! Zephyr 4 sticking it 2 Bella by tongue wrestling with TLC. Way 2 Go! And Mercedes 4 outing them. Poor Bella! What's a girl 2 do? Suffer bitch! You've made everybody else's life hell and what comes around goes around, so read 'em and weep . Yer not the only mean girl in town.",
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        "(informal, by extension) Used as a taunt when outperforming or one-upping rivals."
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