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chafes at the bit

chafes at the bit is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chafe at the bit.

Meaning of chafe at the bit

Verb

chafe at the bit (third-person singular simple present chafes at the bit, present participle chafing at the bit, simple past and past participle chafed at the bit)

  1. Synonym of champ at the bit.

Questions about chafes at the bit

What is chafes at the bit the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chafes at the bit is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chafe at the bit.

Words near chafes at the bit in the dictionary

  1. chafer
  2. chaferies
  3. chafers
  4. chafery
  5. chafes
  6. chafes at the bit
  7. chafesome
  8. chafest
  9. chafeth
  10. chafewax
  11. chafewaxes

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