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makes someone's toes curl

makes someone's toes curl is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's toes curl.

Meaning of make someone's toes curl

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)

  1. 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

Questions about makes someone's toes curl

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Makes someone's toes curl is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's toes curl.

Words near makes someone's toes curl in the dictionary

  1. makes someone's jaw drop
  2. makes someone's skin crawl
  3. makes someone's skin creep
  4. makes someone's teeth itch
  5. makes someone's toenails curl
  6. makes someone's toes curl
  7. makes something of
  8. makes something of oneself
  9. makes sport of
  10. makes strange
  11. makes streaks

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