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dance on someone's grave en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, informal, sometimes) To celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.
    • This is all aside from my personal disgust at the idea that we should spare any thought for those who would kill us. No one is suggesting dancing on their graves, but neither should we shed even a fraction of a tear for them. 2006 May 1, Lisa, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dances on someone's grave Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
danced on someone's grave Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
danced on someone's grave Tense=Past lexicographic
dancing on someone's grave Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

piss on someone's grave · schadenfreude