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Where does “take one's tongue out of someone's ass” come from?

take one's tongue out of someone's ass (English) comes from English lick someone's ass — Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic...

take one's tongue out of someone's ass (English): To stop flattering someone in an obsequious...

Definitions

  1. To stop flattering someone in an obsequious...

Ancestry of “take one's tongue out of someone's ass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlick someone's assUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic...
Every word from English lick someone's ass →