learn a lesson

Frequency: 8.845.0 per million words

To gain knowledge or understanding from an experience, especially a negative one.

lessonVERB + lesson

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learn

Examples (10)

  • He had to learn a hard lesson about trusting strangers.
  • Sometimes you need to fail to truly learn a lesson about resilience.
  • The manager hoped the team would learn a valuable lesson from their defeat.
  • After losing all his money, he finally learned his lesson about gambling.
  • She quickly learned a painful lesson about the consequences of dishonesty.
  • Let this experience be a lesson for you to learn from.
  • It's never too late to learn an important lesson about life.
  • They will soon learn a bitter lesson if they continue to ignore the warnings.
  • I hope you learn a good lesson from your mistakes.
  • The incident served to teach him a crucial lesson about preparation.