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learn one's lesson

Profit from experience, especially an unhappy one. For example, From now on she'd read the instructions first; she'd learned her lesson. Also see hard way.

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Nearby words

lear, lear board, lear complex, learn, learn by heart, learn one's lesson, learn to live with, learned, learned borrowing, learned drive, learned helplessness
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