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sob story
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sob story
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sob story
noun
plural
sob stories
sob story
noun
plural
sob stories
Learner's definition of SOB STORY
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informal
:
a sad story about yourself that you tell in order to make people feel sorry for you
She told a
sob story
about how she had to starve herself to pay for the rent.
I don't want to hear any of your
sob stories
.
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