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have someone by the short and curlies

have someone by the short and curlies verb: synonym of have someone by the short hairs.

Verb

have someone by the short and curlies (third-person singular simple present has someone by the short and curlies, present participle having someone by the short and curlies, simple past and past participle had someone by the short and curlies)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of have someone by the short hairs.

Synonyms of have someone by the short and curlies

Forms of have someone by the short and curlies

third-person singular presenthas someone by the short and curlies
present participlehaving someone by the short and curlies
past participlehad someone by the short and curlies
pasthad someone by the short and curlies

Questions about have someone by the short and curlies

What does have someone by the short and curlies mean?
Have someone by the short and curlies means synonym of have someone by the short hairs.
What part of speech is have someone by the short and curlies?
Have someone by the short and curlies is a verb.
What is the past tense of have someone by the short and curlies?
The past tense of have someone by the short and curlies is had someone by the short and curlies.

Words near have someone by the short and curlies in the dictionary

  1. have several seats
  2. have sex
  3. have sexual relations
  4. have shit on
  5. have someone by the balls
  6. have someone by the short and curlies
  7. have someone by the short hairs
  8. have someone going
  9. have someone on toast
  10. have someone there
  11. have someone to rights

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