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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

get your licks in

This adjective is not necessarily a put-down, but the implication, when you so characterize such people, is that you wish they would pause for breath once in while so that you can get your licks in.

'Lick' here, I think, means 'chance' or 'it's one's turn to do some thing'. Is it right?
  

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rpsh 'Lick' here, I think, means 'chance' or 'it's one's turn to do some thing'. Is it right? Right.

— Mister Micawber

  • rpsh 'Lick' here, I think, means 'chance' or 'it's one's turn to do some thing'.
  • Is it right?
  • Right.
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rpsh'Lick' here, I think, means 'chance' or 'it's one's turn to do some thing'. Is it right?
Right.
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I've only heard this in a context where it means do something physically or figuratively aggressive in a situation of conflict.
eg We started to fight, but he knocked me down before I could get my licks in.

Clive
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So is this a slang?
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rpshSo is this slang?
Yes, that's right.
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Got it, thank you!
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