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sets someone's teeth on edge

sets someone's teeth on edge is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set someone's teeth on edge.

Meaning of set someone's teeth on edge

Verb

set someone's teeth on edge (third-person singular simple present sets someone's teeth on edge, present participle setting someone's teeth on edge, simple past and past participle set someone's teeth on edge)

  1. To irritate or strike as unpleasant.
    • I can't stand his squeaky voice. It always sets my teeth on edge.
  2. To cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in one's teeth, as when acids are brought into contact with them.
    • For sounds, we see that the grating of a law, or any very harsh noise, will set the teeth on edge, and make all the body shiver1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...

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Sets someone's teeth on edge is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set someone's teeth on edge.

Words near sets someone's teeth on edge in the dictionary

  1. sets pulses racing
  2. sets right
  3. sets sail
  4. sets sails
  5. sets sights
  6. sets someone's teeth on edge
  7. sets store by
  8. sets straight
  9. sets the ball rolling
  10. sets the bar
  11. sets the cat among the pigeons

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