Meanings
present singular third person sticks a needle in my eye · participle present sticking a needle in my eye · participle past stuck a needle in my eye · past stuck a needle in my eye
- Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die.
“Do you promise?” Tilley said. “Stick a needle in my eye.” Mica's mumbled reply came back in a rude singsong.
2010, Lynn Hones, The Cult of Light and Lies, page 79Synonyms: cross my heart and hope to die
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of cross my heart and hope to die.
Origin
Originally (and more commonly) used as a second line of the rhyme.
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stick a needle in my eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stick%20a%20needle%20in%20my%20eye
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