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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wicked past" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's history or background that is morally questionable or filled with wrongdoing.
Example: "Despite his charming demeanor, he had a wicked past that haunted him."
Alternatives: "a dark past" or "a troubled history."
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For many, this would have been a matter for dismay (or, of course, denunciation of a wicked past a la Malcolm Muggeridge - the great libertine described by someone as "retreating into old age and slamming the door").
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He would rock his smallish frame, fling a 94-mile-an-hour fastball, a darting changeup or a wicked slider past a helpless batter, then grab the throw from his catcher and quickly do it again.
There was nothing the Sounders goalkeeper could do about the next Union chance though, as Vincent Nogueira cracked a wicked shot past him and off the inside of the post in the first minute of injury time.
Following a 2-2 draw last week, Kaikai had the U's in front early on in the replay when his 20-yard effort took a wicked deflection past Sascha Studer.
In spite of having reformed your ways, people are bound to be more seduced by the idea of your wicked past than the reality of your more sober present.
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It will talk about her wicked past.
Five minutes later, it was Beckham again, curling a wicked free kick past Perkins.
But then it's a wicked lie that "the past is always tense and the future, perfect", ponders Archie.
Being a wicked queen, she sent them past a dragon's lair and into the field of stars – the Compostela – which at the time was over-run with savage man-killing cattle.
After back-to-back heartbreaks at the end of intense tie breakers, Martin steeled himself against elimination by seizing upon a letdown by his opponent in the third set and then whipping a wicked cross-court winner by past Moya to take the fourth-set tie breaker, 8-6.
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