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Discover LudwigThe phrase "have been schooled" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is often used in a humorous way to refer to someone who has been taught a lesson, usually by someone else. For example, "Sam got a little too cocky after winning the race, but he soon got schooled by his opponent's superior speed."
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10.25am BST Well England have been schooled.
In contrast, their daughters have been schooled in a more vocal American culture.
He is thought to have been schooled in Switzerland for a time, or maybe not.
This is so even though Haitians have been schooled in cynicism about Washington.
One detainee is said to have been schooled in making detonators out of Sega game cartridges.
Gylfi isn't the only member of Lagerback's team to have been schooled in this hall.
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Golden had been schooled in this unconventional approach.
You've been schooled.
MR: And you had been schooled at this, right?
Specht has been schooled in one thing only, horses.
I had been schooled in Abstract Expressionism as ground zero for the postwar American avant-garde.
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