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chewed on one's nails

chewed on one's nails is the simple past and past participle of chew on one's nails.

Meaning of chew on one's nails

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”).

Questions about chewed on one's nails

What is chewed on one's nails the simple past and past participle of?
Chewed on one's nails is the simple past and past participle of chew on one's nails.

Words near chewed on one's nails in the dictionary

  1. chewcard
  2. chewcards
  3. chewed
  4. chewed off
  5. chewed on
  6. chewed on one's nails
  7. chewed out
  8. chewed over
  9. chewed the cud
  10. chewed the fat
  11. chewed the meat and spat out the bones

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