How to pronounce “learn the hard way”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To learn by experiencing the consequences of making mistakes.

Practice Nearby Words

find out the hard way, chalk something up to experience, see the error of one's ways, mislearn, dig one's own grave, err on the side of, fall into a trap, oops, make a stick for one's own back, know better, thinko, make a mistake, self-correct, snapper, miscorrect, miscompensate, mistake, misnegotiate, derp, shoot oneself in the foot, take the fall, bark up the wrong tree, begin at the wrong end, fault, boof, misschool, malinvest, miscalculate, put a foot wrong, trip up, misadapt, misteach, fail, blunder, back the wrong horse, go horribly right, misstep, screw up, know how to pick 'em, misclimb, miscontinue, miss out, make matters worse, error, misinstruct, mistackle, tamper, misresearch, mistest, sharpshoot, do oneself a mischief, misadvise, outblunder, misrectify, move the problem, mistrigger, get into trouble, mistaste, boob, blot one's copybook, bark at the wrong tree, tell the truth and shame the devil, miseducate, prat about, blot one's copy book, cry over spilt milk, miskey, mischoose, slip up, mislive, mismemorize, play dumb, fortake, mistap, do more harm than good, goof, miscollect, misjudge, pick the wrong horse, misinherit, mess up, goof up, misinvest, regret, throw stones in a glass house, choose the wrong horse, misconclude, be one's own worst enemy, speak too soon, miscopy, misdevelop, start off on the wrong foot, make a hash of, mispour, miss, mistutor, mishandle, misimplement, go down the wrong pipe, misinstall

Similar Sounds

leonardi, learn the ropes, leonarda, on the way, win the day, bernardo, along the way, bernardi, barnardo, bernarda