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making someone's toes curl

making someone's toes curl is the present participle and gerund 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 making someone's toes curl

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

Words near making someone's toes curl in the dictionary

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

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