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) (figuratively) To learn to avoid repeating a mistake. ==== Translations ==== === 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.