learn your lesson

learn your lesson
learn your lesson phrase
to be unlikely to do something stupid or wrong again, because the last time you did it something unpleasant happened
Thesaurus: to understand something or someone in a particular waysynonym
Main entry: learn

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learn your ˈlesson idiom
to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past
Main entry:learnidiom

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  • learn your lesson — learn (your) lesson to learn something useful about life from an unpleasant experience. I m never going to mix my drinks again I ve learnt my lesson …   New idioms dictionary

  • learn your lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… …   New idioms dictionary

  • learn your lesson — to be unlikely to do something stupid or wrong again, because the last time you did it something unpleasant happened …   English dictionary

  • learn a lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… …   New idioms dictionary

  • learn — [ lɜrn ] (past tense and past participle learned [ lɜrnt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to gain knowledge or experience of something, for example by being taught: a bright girl who is already learning the alphabet research into how… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • learn lesson — learn (your) lesson to learn something useful about life from an unpleasant experience. I m never going to mix my drinks again I ve learnt my lesson …   New idioms dictionary

  • learn — verb past tense and past participle learned or learnt especially BrE 1 SUBJECT/SKILL (I, T) to gain knowledge of a subject, or skill in an activity, by experience, by studying it, or by being taught: What s the best way to learn a language? |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lesson */*/*/ — UK [ˈles(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms lesson : singular lesson plural lessons 1) a) a period of time in which students are taught about a subject in school. The usual American word is class a French/English/maths/history lesson I d like… …   English dictionary

  • learn */*/*/ — UK [lɜː(r)n] / US [lɜrn] verb Word forms learn : present tense I/you/we/they learn he/she/it learns present participle learning past tense learnt UK [lɜː(r)nt] / US [lɜrnt] or learned past participle learnt or learned Get it right: learn: Use… …   English dictionary

  • lesson — les|son [ lesn ] noun count *** 1. ) a period of time in which someone is taught a skill: a driving/dancing/swimming lesson She s taking French lessons from a private tutor. a ) MAINLY BRITISH a class in school on a particular subject 2. ) a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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