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pulls teeth

pulls teeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull teeth.

Meaning of pull teeth

Verb

pull teeth (third-person singular simple present pulls teeth, present participle pulling teeth, simple past and past participle pulled teeth)

  1. To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.
    • You will probably have to pull teeth to get a straight answer from a car salesman.

Questions about pulls teeth

What is pulls teeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls teeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull teeth.

Words near pulls teeth in the dictionary

  1. pulls someone's fat out of the fire
  2. pulls someone's leg
  3. pulls someone's plonker
  4. pulls someone's plumes
  5. pulls strings
  6. pulls teeth
  7. pulls the fire alarm
  8. pulls the football
  9. pulls the ladder up after oneself
  10. pulls the ladder up behind oneself
  11. pulls the long bow

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