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ruffles someone's feathers

ruffles someone's feathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruffle someone's feathers.

Meaning of ruffle someone's feathers

Verb

ruffle someone's feathers (third-person singular simple present ruffles someone's feathers, present participle ruffling someone's feathers, simple past and past participle ruffled someone's feathers)

  1. (idiomatic) To unease, cause discomfort to someone.
    • Sutton and David Templeton both had efforts just off target as Hearts' tactics of high-tempo, pressing football ruffled the English side's feathers.2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Questions about ruffles someone's feathers

What is ruffles someone's feathers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ruffles someone's feathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruffle someone's feathers.

Words near ruffles someone's feathers in the dictionary

  1. ruffles
  2. ruffles a few feathers
  3. ruffles any feathers
  4. ruffles feathers
  5. ruffles some feathers
  6. ruffles someone's feathers
  7. ruffles up
  8. ruffless
  9. rufflier
  10. ruffliest
  11. rufflike

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