"touch a raw nerve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: touches a raw nerve [present, singular, third-person], touching a raw nerve [participle, present], touched a raw nerve [participle, past], touched a raw nerve [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} touch a raw nerve (third-person singular simple present touches a raw nerve, present participle touching a raw nerve, simple past and past participle touched a raw nerve)
  1. Alternative form of touch a nerve Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: touch a nerve
    Sense id: en-touch_a_raw_nerve-en-verb-HZvQk4T7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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