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show some skin

show some skin verb: to wear a revealing or provocative outfit in a way which is sexually attractive.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To wear a revealing or provocative outfit in a way which is sexually attractive.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show, skin.

Forms of show some skin

third-person singular presentshows some skin
present participleshowing some skin
pastshowed some skin
past participleshown some skin
alternative formshow skin

Origin of show some skin

From show + some + skin.

Questions about show some skin

What does show some skin mean?
Show some skin means to wear a revealing or provocative outfit in a way which is sexually attractive.
What part of speech is show some skin?
Show some skin is a verb.
What is the past tense of show some skin?
The past tense of show some skin is showed some skin.

Words near show some skin in the dictionary

  1. show round
  2. show runner
  3. show runners
  4. show shapes
  5. show skin
  6. show some skin
  7. show someone a good time
  8. show someone a thing or two
  9. show someone one's etchings
  10. show someone the door
  11. show song

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