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make someone's jaw drop

make someone's jaw drop verb: to cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.

Verb

make someone's jaw drop (third-person singular simple present makes someone's jaw drop, present participle making someone's jaw drop, simple past and past participle made someone's jaw drop)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.
    • The news that I'm pregnant after so many tries made my husband's jaw drop.

Forms of make someone's jaw drop

third-person singular presentmakes someone's jaw drop
present participlemaking someone's jaw drop
past participlemade someone's jaw drop
pastmade someone's jaw drop

Questions about make someone's jaw drop

What does make someone's jaw drop mean?
Make someone's jaw drop means to cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.
What part of speech is make someone's jaw drop?
Make someone's jaw drop is a verb.
What is the past tense of make someone's jaw drop?
The past tense of make someone's jaw drop is made someone's jaw drop.

Words near make someone's jaw drop in the dictionary

  1. make someone's flesh crawl
  2. make someone's flesh creep
  3. make someone's hair curl
  4. make someone's hair stand on end
  5. make someone's head spin
  6. make someone's jaw drop
  7. make someone's skin crawl
  8. make someone's skin creep
  9. make someone's teeth itch
  10. make someone's toenails curl
  11. make someone's toes curl

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