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gives someone the creeps

gives someone the creeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the creeps.

Meaning of give someone the creeps

Verb

give someone the creeps (third-person singular simple present gives someone the creeps, present participle giving someone the creeps, simple past gave someone the creeps, past participle given someone the creeps)

  1. (idiomatic) To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
    • Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps.
    Synonyms:
    creep someone out, give someone the heebie-jeebies, give someone the willies, spook someone, unnerve someone, give someone the collywobbles

Questions about gives someone the creeps

What is gives someone the creeps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives someone the creeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the creeps.

Words near gives someone the creeps in the dictionary

  1. gives someone the boot
  2. gives someone the brush-off
  3. gives someone the business
  4. gives someone the chair
  5. gives someone the cold shoulder
  6. gives someone the creeps
  7. gives someone the eye
  8. gives someone the gears
  9. gives someone the heave-ho
  10. gives someone the old heave-ho
  11. gives someone the runaround

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