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"forms": [
{
"form": "finds fault",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "finding fault",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "found fault",
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"text": "No matter what I do, he always finds fault.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "My supervisor always finds fault with my work.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518",
"text": "When one has an intimate knowledge of a business it is easy—and to some extent self-satisfying—to find fault with the way it is run by those in charge.",
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}
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"glosses": [
"To criticize something excessively."
],
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],
[
"criticize",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To criticize something excessively."
],
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],
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"word": "it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "挑錯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocuò",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "挑错"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāoti",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "挑剔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎo chàzi",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "olla sanomista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "pinailler"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "kifogásol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "beleköt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "akadékoskodik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "find fault with",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "faigh locht ar"
},
{
"alt": "とがめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togameru",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "咎める"
},
{
"alt": "あげあしをとる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ageashi-o toru",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "揚げ足を取る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "incūsō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "whakakoha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridirátʹsja",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "придира́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pridrátʹsja",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "придра́ться"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tappupaṭṭu",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "తప్పుపట్టు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "hatalı bulmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "aşırı eleştirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "kulp takmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "bắt bẻ"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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"text": "No matter what I do, he always finds fault.",
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},
{
"text": "My supervisor always finds fault with my work.",
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},
{
"ref": "1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518",
"text": "When one has an intimate knowledge of a business it is easy—and to some extent self-satisfying—to find fault with the way it is run by those in charge.",
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"To criticize something excessively."
],
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To criticize something excessively."
],
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "挑錯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocuò",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "挑错"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāoti",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "挑剔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎo chàzi",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "olla sanomista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "pinailler"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "kifogásol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "beleköt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "akadékoskodik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "find fault with",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "faigh locht ar"
},
{
"alt": "とがめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togameru",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "咎める"
},
{
"alt": "あげあしをとる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ageashi-o toru",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "揚げ足を取る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "incūsō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "whakakoha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridirátʹsja",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "придира́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridrátʹsja",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "придра́ться"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tappupaṭṭu",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "తప్పుపట్టు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "hatalı bulmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "aşırı eleştirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "kulp takmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "criticize excessively",
"word": "bắt bẻ"
}
],
"word": "find fault"
}
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