lick
verb (used with object)
to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.).
has licked
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present perfectof lick (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But it believes it has licked the battery-life concerns that precluded making it generally available until now.
From Forbes ● Jun. 10, 2013
Last week Philco Corp. announced that it has licked this production bottleneck by a delicate electrochemical method of "machining" germanium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince says that he has licked the taste problem that has been holding back freeze-dried foods : "Our beef stew tastes like it just came out of Mother's kitchen."
From Time Magazine Archive
He does not for a minute dream that he has licked the problem of the Amazon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Martin has licked you this time, and you’ll lick him next time, no doubt, and that’s all about it.”
From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
