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curls someone's hair

curls someone's hair is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 curls someone's hair

What is curls someone's hair the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Curls someone's hair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of curl someone's hair.

Words near curls someone's hair in the dictionary

  1. curlpapers
  2. curls
  3. curls for the girls
  4. curls one off
  5. curls one out
  6. curls someone's hair
  7. curls up
  8. curlsome
  9. Curlwaa
  10. curly
  11. curly apostrophe

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