make someone's toes curl
make someone's toes curl verb: to cause a strong emotional reaction, especially an unpleasant one.
Verb
make someone's toes curl (third-person singular simple present makes someone's toes curl, present participle making someone's toes curl, simple past and past participle made someone's toes curl)
- To cause a strong emotional reaction, especially an unpleasant one.
- For every good thing in the week, there was something to make one's toes curl.1983 October, Listener and BBC Television Review, page 27
- He gave me a last lingering kiss that made my toes curl and left me panting.2021, Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Minotaur Books, →ISBN
Forms of make someone's toes curl
| third-person singular present | makes someone's toes curl |
|---|---|
| present participle | making someone's toes curl |
| past participle | made someone's toes curl |
| past | made someone's toes curl |
| alternative form | make one's toenails curl |
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- Make someone's toes curl means to cause a strong emotional reaction, especially an unpleasant one.
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