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chew on one's nails

chew on one's nails verb: synonym of bite one's nails (“worry or fret”).

Verb

chew on one's nails (third-person singular simple present chews on one's nails, present participle chewing on one's nails, simple past and past participle chewed on one's nails)

  1. Synonym of bite one's nails (“worry or fret”).

Synonyms of chew on one's nails

Forms of chew on one's nails

third-person singular presentchews on one's nails
present participlechewing on one's nails
past participlechewed on one's nails
pastchewed on one's nails

Questions about chew on one's nails

What does chew on one's nails mean?
Chew on one's nails means synonym of bite one's nails (“worry or fret”).
What part of speech is chew on one's nails?
Chew on one's nails is a verb.
What is the past tense of chew on one's nails?
The past tense of chew on one's nails is chewed on one's nails.

Words near chew on one's nails in the dictionary

  1. chevying
  2. chew
  3. Chew Magna
  4. chew off
  5. chew on
  6. chew on one's nails
  7. chew on the scenery
  8. chew out
  9. chew over
  10. chew stick
  11. chew sticks

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