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curled someone's hair

curled someone's hair is the simple past and past participle of curl someone's hair.

Meaning of curl someone's hair

Verb

curl someone's hair (third-person singular simple present curls someone's hair, present participle curling someone's hair, simple past and past participle curled someone's hair)

  1. (idiomatic) To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
    • "I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that would curl your hair."1903, Andy Adams, chapter 7, in The Log of a Cowboy
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curl, someone's, hair.

Questions about curled someone's hair

What is curled someone's hair the simple past and past participle of?
Curled someone's hair is the simple past and past participle of curl someone's hair.

Words near curled someone's hair in the dictionary

  1. curled mint
  2. curled mints
  3. curled octopus
  4. curled one off
  5. curled one out
  6. curled someone's hair
  7. curled up
  8. curledness
  9. Curlee
  10. curler
  11. curlered

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