read 'em and weep

interjection

Used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.

“I've got a full house. Read 'em and weep, boys.”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. informalUsed to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.

    I've got a full house. Read 'em and weep, boys.

  2. broadlyinformalUsed as a taunt when outperforming or one-upping rivals.
    1 more example

    Today's BellaHater Award goes halfsies to Zephyr Addler and Mercedes Sanchez! Zephyr 4 sticking it 2 Bella by tongue wrestling with TLC. Way 2 Go! And Mercedes 4 outing them. Poor Bella! What's a girl 2 do? Suffer bitch! You've made everybody else's life hell and what comes around goes around, so read 'em and weep . Yer not the only mean girl in town.

    2009, Heather Swain, Me, My Elf & I, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

read 'em and weep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read%20'em%20and%20weep

MLA

“read 'em and weep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read%20'em%20and%20weep. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “read 'em and weep,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read%20'em%20and%20weep.

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