learn one's lesson

English

Verb

learn one's lesson (third-person singular simple present learns one's lesson, present participle learning one's lesson, simple past and past participle learned one's lesson or learnt one's lesson)

1. (figuratively) To learn to avoid repeating a mistake.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: oppia läksynsä
• French: retenir la leçon
• Romanian: se învăța minte

Further reading

• “learn your lesson” (US) / “learn your lesson” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “learn one's lesson”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “learn a your lesson”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.