give someone a bloody nose (English, verb)
expansion: give someone a bloody nose (third-person singular simple present gives someone a bloody nose, present participle giving someone a bloody nose, simple past gave someone a bloody nose, past participle given someone a bloody nose)
Senses:
glosses: To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: gives someone a bloody nose
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone a bloody nose
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone a bloody nose
tags: past
form: given someone a bloody nose
tags: participle
past