to tattoo
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6.0
- verb
- /təˈtu/
:
grabar en la memoria
- And so I tell you that because life, my life tattooed me, whenever times got hard, my mind said, you're not good enough.
It's something that's in tattooed and embedded in my head all the time.
- It's something that's in tattooed and embedded in my head all the time.
- And so I tell you that because life, my life tattooed me.
- I mean, you're known for these aphorisms around like, you know, you're tattooed with like do more and work harder and kind of this hustle porn sort of thing.
Examples
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This, this thing that they're trying to tattoo on him is exemplary.
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Because... honesty will reach out from inside and tattoo itself all across your face.
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And I'll turn my word to black, tattoo everything, my word to black.
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Get this through your head and tattoo it on your forehead.
Blog text (22) -
Every issue of Uncanny X-Force has one particular moment that tattoos itself into your memory banks.
Blog text (19) -
As someone who has been in any number of political campaigns, Bush should know that all politicians make promises that they may or may not be able to keep once they get into office and that the last thing a candidate wants to do is tattoo the promise in the public memory with a particularly memorable phrase.
Fiction book (1995) -
The teacher wanted to ensure the lesson tattooed itself in our minds for the exam.
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Her stories were so impactful they would tattoo themselves into his memory forever.
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After the shocking event, the image of that day tattooed itself in her mind, never to be forgotten.
Synonyms
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3.9
To make an idea or habit become fixed in someone's mind
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5.7
Put a strong idea or belief into someone's mind
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4.8
To fix an idea firmly in someone's mind so they remember it
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5.3
To make a memory or feeling stay strongly in the mind
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Etymology
To be tattooed in the mind uses the skin meaning as an image: if something is 'tattooed' it is fixed there like a permanent mark. That's why we say a memory or idea was tattooed on someone's mind.