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raises someone's shackles

raises someone's shackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise someone's shackles.

Meaning of raise someone's shackles

Verb

raise someone's shackles (third-person singular simple present raises someone's shackles, present participle raising someone's shackles, simple past and past participle raised someone's shackles)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, shackle.

Questions about raises someone's shackles

What is raises someone's shackles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Raises someone's shackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise someone's shackles.

Words near raises someone's shackles in the dictionary

  1. raises oneself up by one's bootstraps
  2. raises oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  3. raises red flags
  4. raises someone's consciousness
  5. raises someone's hackles
  6. raises someone's shackles
  7. raises someone's shag
  8. raises someone's spirits
  9. raises steam
  10. raises the alarm
  11. raises the ante

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