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show colour

show colour verb: to get angry, to scowl.

Verb

show colour (third-person singular simple present shows colour, present participle showing colour, simple past showed colour, past participle shown colour)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial, idiomatic) To get angry, to scowl.
    • Do not show colour to me!

Forms of show colour

third-person singular presentshows colour
present participleshowing colour
pastshowed colour
past participleshown colour

Origin of show colour

May be derived from show one's true colors, but referring to showing one's bad behaviour through their anger.

Questions about show colour

What does show colour mean?
Show colour means to get angry, to scowl.
What part of speech is show colour?
Show colour is a verb.
What is the past tense of show colour?
The past tense of show colour is showed colour.

Words near show colour in the dictionary

  1. show breads
  2. show business
  3. show cause
  4. show cave
  5. show caves
  6. show colour
  7. show court
  8. show courts
  9. show day
  10. show days
  11. show dog

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