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be a glutton for punishment
Definition
› to be someone who seems to enjoy doing something that you consider unpleasant: He's a real glutton for punishment, taking on all that extra work without getting paid for it.Taking pleasure in something
(Definition of be a glutton for punishment from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Taking pleasure in something
Synonyms and related words:
- bask in sth phrasal verb
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
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- be meat and drink to sb idiom
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