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knit one's brows

knit one's brows verb: to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.

knit one's brows: to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
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Verb

knit one's brows (third-person singular simple present knits one's brows, present participle knitting one's brows, simple past and past participle knit one's brows or knitted one's brows)

  1. (idiomatic) To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.

knit one's brows meaning in Arabic

knit one's brows in Arabic

to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement
عَبَسَ ʕabasa

Forms of knit one's brows

third-person singular presentknits one's brows
present participleknitting one's brows
past participleknit one's brows
pastknit one's brows
past participleknitted one's brows
pastknitted one's brows
alternative formknit one's brow
alternative formknit one's eyebrows

Questions about knit one's brows

What does knit one's brows mean?
Knit one's brows means to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.
What is knit one's brows in Arabic?
Knit one's brows in Arabic is عَبَسَ (ʕabasa). See Knit one's brows meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is knit one's brows?
Knit one's brows is a verb.
What is the past tense of knit one's brows?
The past tense of knit one's brows is knit one's brows.

Words near knit one's brows in the dictionary

  1. knit cap
  2. knit caps
  3. knit fog
  4. knit hat
  5. knit one's brow
  6. knit one's brows
  7. knit one's eyebrows
  8. knit together
  9. knit up
  10. knit yoghurt
  11. knitaholic

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