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reads someone's beads

reads someone's beads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read someone's beads.

Meaning of read someone's beads

Verb

read someone's beads (third-person singular simple present reads someone's beads, present participle reading someone's beads, simple past and past participle read someone's beads)

  1. (dated, slang, transitive) To read someone; to call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
    • He began to read our beads saying he's observed us often & he sees J as "a villain," not very flexible or open & a cynical person. But he sees me as a man with a sense of humor, much more open to different things, that J can't adjust to change.1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

Questions about reads someone's beads

What is reads someone's beads the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reads someone's beads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read someone's beads.

Words near reads someone's beads in the dictionary

  1. reads out
  2. reads over
  3. reads someone for filth
  4. reads someone the riot act
  5. reads someone to filth
  6. reads someone's beads
  7. reads someone's lips
  8. reads someone's mind
  9. reads the car
  10. reads the green
  11. reads the mail

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