COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU

Meaning of COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU in English

cause you to feel guilty or ashamed

Lies will come back to haunt you, remind you of the past.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU — cause you to feel guilty or ashamed Lies will come back to haunt you, remind you of the past.
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAUNT — obseDer; frequentar, persecuter; n. refugia, loc frequentat
English interlingue dictionary
HAUNT — tungha
English-Visayan vocabulary
HAUNT — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hanter, probably from Old Norse heimta to lead home, pull, claim, from heimr …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAUNT — I. hȯnt, -ä-, -ȧ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English haunten, from Old French hanter, probably of Germanic origin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAUNT — (n.) Practice; skill.
Английский словарь Webster
HAUNT — (n.) The habit of resorting to a place.
Английский словарь Webster
HAUNT — (n.) A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the …
Английский словарь Webster
HAUNT — (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
Английский словарь Webster
HAUNT — (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate.
Английский словарь Webster
HAUNT — (v. t.) To practice; to devote one's self to.
Английский словарь Webster
HAUNT — ( n. ) A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HAUNT — — haunter , n. /hawnt, hahnt/ ; for 10 also /hant/ , v.t. 1. to visit habitually or appear to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAUNT — I. ˈhȯnt, ˈhänt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hanter, probably from Old Norse heimta to lead home, pull, claim, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAUNT — noun practice; skill. 2. haunt ·noun the habit of resorting to a place. 3. haunt ·vi to persist in staying …
Webster English vocab
COME — p.p. of come. 2. come ·noun coming. 3. come ·noun to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
HAUNT — [haunt] vb [ME, fr. OF hanter, prob. fr. ON heimta to lead home, pull, claim, fr. heimr home] vt (14c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAUNT — haunt BrE AmE hɔːnt hɑːnt ▷ haunted ˈhɔːnt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɔːn t̬ əd ˈhɑːn t̬ - ▷ haunting/ly ˈhɔːnt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAUNT — / hɔːnt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] 1. if the ghost of a dead person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAUNT — I. haunt 1 /hɔːnt $ hɒːnt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive not in progressive] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAUNT — ( haunts, haunting, haunted) 1. If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAUNT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haunting melody (= used about a beautiful melody, especially one that is rather …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAUNT — (PLACE) [noun] [C] - a place often visitedJamaica has been a favourite haunt of Americans and Canadians for the last …
Cambridge English vocab
HAUNT — Synonyms and related words : Masan, affect, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, banshee, baths, beset, burden, casino, club, clubhouse, control, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
COME — v. come from come in come by come by chance come down with come off come on come out come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HAUNT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ favourite/favorite , old , popular ( esp. BrE ), regular , usual ▪ tourist ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
HAUNT — n. 25B6; verb a ghost haunts this house : APPEAR IN, materialize in; visit. he haunts street markets : FREQUENT, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME — v. 1 approach, advance, (draw) near, move, Archaic or literary draw nigh The car came towards us She has come …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACK — v. 1 invest in, wager or bet on She backed a 35-to-2 long shot in the Derby, and she won …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COME — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME - EASY GO, FIRST …
Словарь английских идиом
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Словарь английских идиом
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAUNT — 1. сущ. 1) а) часто посещаемое место (для отдыха и т.п.), перен. прибежище quiet haunt ≈ тихое пристанище resort 1. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACK — I сущ. чан; корыто; кадка (большая неглубокая емкость, особ. используемая пивоварами, красильщиками и изготовляющими маринады) Syn : tub 1., trough, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAUNT — haunt.ogg 1. hɔ:nt n 1. 1> часто посещаемое, любимое место his favourite daily haunt - место, где он больше всего …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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