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jmdict 2859969 Active (id: 2290045)
揚げ足取る揚げ足とる [sK] あげ足とる [sK] あげ足取る [sK] 上げ足とる [sK] 上げ足取る [sK] 挙げ足とる [sK] 挙げ足取る [sK]
あげあしとる
1. [exp,v5r] [id]
▶ to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake
▶ to trip someone up
▶ to find fault with something someone says
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1586280 揚げ足を取る 1. to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2024-01-25 20:46:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2024-01-23 23:26:22  penname01
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Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 揚げ足取る │ 9,853 │ 62.3% │
│ 揚げ足とる │ 4,524 │ 28.6% │
│ あげ足とる │   444 │  2.8% │
│ あげ足取る │   332 │  2.1% │
│ 上げ足とる │   225 │  1.4% │
│ 上げ足取る │   156 │  1.0% │
│ 挙げ足とる │   146 │  0.9% │
│ 挙げ足取る │   138 │  0.9% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯

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