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making someone's skin crawl

making someone's skin crawl is the present participle and gerund of make someone's skin crawl.

Meaning of make someone's skin crawl

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To frighten or disgust.
    • The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.

Questions about making someone's skin crawl

What is making someone's skin crawl the present participle and gerund of?
Making someone's skin crawl is the present participle and gerund of make someone's skin crawl.

Words near making someone's skin crawl in the dictionary

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

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