make someone's toes curl en · VERB
Meanings
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To cause a strong emotional reaction, especially an unpleasant one.
For every good thing in the week, there was something to make one's toes curl.
1983 October, Listener and BBC Television Review, page 27:He gave me a last lingering kiss that made my toes curl and left me panting.
2021, Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Minotaur Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| make one's toenails curl | alternative | lexicographic | |
| made someone's toes curl | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made someone's toes curl | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| making someone's toes curl | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| makes someone's toes curl | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |