Meaning

1 senses

  1. To baselessly compliment someone in order to undeservedly flatter or indulge them.

Forms

strokes someone's ego, stroking someone's ego, stroked someone's ego, stroked someone's ego
Base formstroke someone's ego · to stroke someone's ego
3rd person singularstrokes someone's ego
Present participlestroking someone's ego
Past simplestroked someone's ego
Past participlestroked someone's ego

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystroke someone's ego
he, she, itstrokes someone's ego

Past simpleLesson

all personsstroked someone's ego

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stroked someone's ego
he, she, ithas stroked someone's ego

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stroke someone's ego

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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