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.).
will have licked
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future perfectof lick.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Chris Waddle: City will have licked their wounds from last season and will come back stronger.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2015
At the C. I. 0. convention he vowed that by next year the U. S. will have licked unemployment.
From Time Magazine Archive
