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bare one's teeth

bare one's teeth verb: to show one's teeth as a sign of aggression.

Verb

bare one's teeth (third-person singular simple present bares one's teeth, present participle baring one's teeth, simple past and past participle bared one's teeth)

  1. To show one's teeth as a sign of aggression.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To show aggression.

bare one's teeth meaning in Indonesian

bare one's teeth in Indonesian

(figuratively) to show aggression
unjuk gigi

Forms of bare one's teeth

third-person singular presentbares one's teeth
present participlebaring one's teeth
past participlebared one's teeth
pastbared one's teeth
alternative formbare one's fangs

Words formed from bare one's teeth

Questions about bare one's teeth

What does bare one's teeth mean?
Bare one's teeth means to show one's teeth as a sign of aggression.
What is bare one's teeth in Indonesian?
Bare one's teeth in Indonesian is unjuk gigi. See Bare one's teeth meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is bare one's teeth?
Bare one's teeth is a verb.
What is the past tense of bare one's teeth?
The past tense of bare one's teeth is bared one's teeth.

Words near bare one's teeth in the dictionary

  1. bare noun
  2. bare nouns
  3. bare one's breast
  4. bare one's heart
  5. bare one's soul
  6. bare one's teeth
  7. bare patch
  8. bare patches
  9. bare poles
  10. bare trust
  11. bare trusts

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