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chews the scenery

chews the scenery is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chew the scenery.

Meaning of chew the scenery

Verb

chew the scenery (third-person singular simple present chews the scenery, present participle chewing the scenery, simple past and past participle chewed the scenery)

  1. (idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.
    • Near-synonym: camp it up

Questions about chews the scenery

What is chews the scenery the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chews the scenery is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chew the scenery.

Words near chews the scenery in the dictionary

  1. chews out
  2. chews over
  3. chews the cud
  4. chews the fat
  5. chews the meat and spits out the bones
  6. chews the scenery
  7. chews up
  8. chews up and spits out
  9. Chewsday
  10. Chewsdays
  11. chewstick

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