/suː/
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Translation
To take someone to court because you believe they have harmed you.
Word origin
From Old French suir, to follow or pursue, from Latin sequi meaning to follow.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- suir
- English cognates
- pursue, sequence
Grammar
Verb typeregular (sue, sues, sued)
Examples
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"Sue" means to take someone to court.
landlord .
"Sued" is the past form of "sue".
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We "sue" a person or a company, never a thing.
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