cut someone's comb in English

Forms: cuts someone's comb [present, singular, third-person], cutting someone's comb [participle, present], cut someone's comb [participle, past], cut someone's comb [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the practice of cutting the combs of capons. Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> someone's comb}} cut someone's comb (third-person singular simple present cuts someone's comb, present participle cutting someone's comb, simple past and past participle cut someone's comb)

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  "etymology_text": "From the practice of cutting the combs of capons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone's comb",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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          "ref": "1877, Timothy Shay Arthur, The Bar-rooms at Brantly; Or, The Great Hotel Speculation, page 423:",
          "text": "Ha! ha! I can't help thinking of his swaggering self-importance the first time he came here; and how I cut his comb.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To humiliate someone who is conceited."
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          "conceited",
          "conceited"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "cut down to size"
        },
        {
          "word": "take down a notch"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cut someone's comb"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the practice of cutting the combs of capons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut someone's comb",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "cut<,,cut> someone's comb"
      },
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          "ref": "1877, Timothy Shay Arthur, The Bar-rooms at Brantly; Or, The Great Hotel Speculation, page 423:",
          "text": "Ha! ha! I can't help thinking of his swaggering self-importance the first time he came here; and how I cut his comb.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To humiliate someone who is conceited."
      ],
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        ],
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          "conceited",
          "conceited"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cut down to size"
        },
        {
          "word": "take down a notch"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut someone's comb"
}

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"cut someone's comb" meaning in English

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