learn one's lesson (English, verb)
expansion: learn one's lesson (third-person singular simple present learns one's lesson, present participle learning one's lesson, simple past and past participle learned one's lesson or learnt one's lesson)
Senses:
glosses: To learn to avoid repeating a mistake.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: learns one's lesson
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: learning one's lesson
tags: participle
present
form: learned one's lesson
tags: participle
past
form: learned one's lesson
tags: past
form: learnt one's lesson
tags: participle
past
form: learnt one's lesson
tags: past