"ruffle any feathers" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ruffles any feathers [present, singular, third-person], ruffling any feathers [participle, present], ruffled any feathers [participle, past], ruffled any feathers [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=ruffle any feathers}} ruffle any feathers (third-person singular simple present ruffles any feathers, present participle ruffling any feathers, simple past and past participle ruffled any feathers)
  1. Alternative form of ruffle some feathers; used in negative-polarity contexts Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ruffle some feathers (extra: used in negative-polarity contexts)

Inflected forms

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