brick oneself in English

Forms: bricks oneself [present, singular, third-person], bricking oneself [participle, present], bricked oneself [participle, past], bricked oneself [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: See shit a brick. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brick oneself (third-person singular simple present bricks oneself, present participle bricking oneself, simple past and past participle bricked oneself)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See shit a brick.",
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    {
      "form": "bricked oneself",
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        "To be scared; to be terrified."
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        "(slang, vulgar) To be scared; to be terrified."
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  "etymology_text": "See shit a brick.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bricks oneself",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "present"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bricked oneself",
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        "(slang, vulgar) To be scared; to be terrified."
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"brick oneself" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms