learn the hard way (English, verb)
expansion: learn the hard way (third-person singular simple present learns the hard way, present participle learning the hard way, simple past and past participle learned the hard way or learnt the hard way)
Senses:
glosses: To learn by experiencing the consequences of making mistakes.
Forms:
form: learns the hard way
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: learning the hard way
tags: participle
present
form: learned the hard way
tags: participle
past
form: learned the hard way
tags: past
form: learnt the hard way
tags: participle
past
form: learnt the hard way
tags: past