collect skin
collect skin · collects skin · collected skin · collecting skin
To shut upTo shut up
Meaning
3 senses(Hong Kong, colloquial, vulgar)To shut up
(Hong Kong, colloquial, vulgar)To be done for
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see collect, skin.
Origin
Calque of Cantonese 收皮 (sau¹ pei⁴).Calque of Cantonese 收皮 (sau¹ pei⁴).
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Forms
collects skin, collecting skin, collected skin, collected skin| Base form | collect skin · to collect skin |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | collects skin |
| Present participle | collecting skin |
| Past simple | collected skin |
| Past participle | collected skin |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.