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make someone's teeth itch

make someone's teeth itch verb: to bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.
    • The squeaking won’t do any harm, but if it makes your teeth itch, oil the hinge.

Forms of make someone's teeth itch

third-person singular presentmakes someone's teeth itch
present participlemaking someone's teeth itch
past participlemade someone's teeth itch
pastmade someone's teeth itch

Questions about make someone's teeth itch

What does make someone's teeth itch mean?
Make someone's teeth itch means to bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.
What part of speech is make someone's teeth itch?
Make someone's teeth itch is a verb.
What is the past tense of make someone's teeth itch?
The past tense of make someone's teeth itch is made someone's teeth itch.

Words near make someone's teeth itch in the dictionary

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

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