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look like one swallowed a bug

look like one swallowed a bug verb: to have a dismayed or shocked facial expression.

Verb

look like one swallowed a bug (third-person singular simple present looks like one swallowed a bug, present participle looking like one swallowed a bug, simple past and past participle looked like one swallowed a bug)

  1. (colloquial) To have a dismayed or shocked facial expression.

Forms of look like one swallowed a bug

third-person singular presentlooks like one swallowed a bug
present participlelooking like one swallowed a bug
past participlelooked like one swallowed a bug
pastlooked like one swallowed a bug

Questions about look like one swallowed a bug

What does look like one swallowed a bug mean?
Look like one swallowed a bug means to have a dismayed or shocked facial expression.
What part of speech is look like one swallowed a bug?
Look like one swallowed a bug is a verb.
What is the past tense of look like one swallowed a bug?
The past tense of look like one swallowed a bug is looked like one swallowed a bug.

Words near look like one swallowed a bug in the dictionary

  1. look in the face
  2. look into
  3. look it
  4. look like
  5. look like a bomb has hit it
  6. look like one swallowed a bug
  7. look like something the cat brought in
  8. look like something the cat dragged in
  9. look like something the cat's dragged in
  10. look like who did it and ran
  11. look like who did it and ran away

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