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stick a needle in my eye en · VERB

Etymology

Originally (and more commonly) used as a second line of the rhyme.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die.
    • “Do you promise?” Tilley said. “Stick a needle in my eye.” Mica's mumbled reply came back in a rude singsong. 2010, Lynn Hones, The Cult of Light and Lies, page 79:

Forms

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stuck a needle in my eye Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stuck a needle in my eye Tense=Past lexicographic
sticking a needle in my eye Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sticks a needle in my eye Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

cross my heart and hope to die