"rue the day" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rue the day.ogg [Australia] Forms: rues the day [present, singular, third-person], ruing the day [participle, present], rued the day [participle, past], rued the day [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rue the day (third-person singular simple present rues the day, present participle ruing the day, simple past and past participle rued the day)
  1. (idiomatic) To seriously regret one's actions. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: live to regret
    Sense id: en-rue_the_day-en-verb-V5~D-uFy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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