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fold one's arms

fold one's arms verb: synonym of cross one's arms.

Verb

fold one's arms (third-person singular simple present folds one's arms, present participle folding one's arms, simple past and past participle folded one's arms)

  1. Synonym of cross one's arms.
    • They stepped to the sidewalk, looked in an around. Nick folded his arms.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 34, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 171

Synonyms of fold one's arms

Forms of fold one's arms

third-person singular presentfolds one's arms
present participlefolding one's arms
past participlefolded one's arms
pastfolded one's arms

Questions about fold one's arms

What does fold one's arms mean?
Fold one's arms means synonym of cross one's arms.
What part of speech is fold one's arms?
Fold one's arms is a verb.
What is the past tense of fold one's arms?
The past tense of fold one's arms is folded one's arms.

Words near fold one's arms in the dictionary

  1. fold like a lawn chair
  2. fold mirror
  3. fold mountain
  4. fold net
  5. fold nets
  6. fold one's arms
  7. fold one's tent
  8. fold out
  9. fold sphere
  10. fold under zero pressure
  11. fold up

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