"chop onions" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chops onions [present, singular, third-person], chopping onions [participle, present], chopped onions [participle, past], chopped onions [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chop onions (third-person singular simple present chops onions, present participle chopping onions, simple past and past participle chopped onions)
  1. (humorous, social media) To lead someone to cry, often in relief after a long struggle, or in response to a story involving third parties. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-chop_onions-en-verb-sI7Afs5B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Social media

Inflected forms

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