See show ankle on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Probably an allusion to the flirtatious practice by some young women, especially in the first half of the twentieth century, of raising a long skirt sufficiently to reveal a bare ankle but no more than that.",
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{
"form": "shows ankle",
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},
{
"form": "showing ankle",
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"form": "showed ankle",
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"expansion": "show ankle (third-person singular simple present shows ankle, present participle showing ankle, simple past showed ankle, past participle shown ankle)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang": "English",
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{
"ref": "1984 November 28, William Beecher, “Reagan under Pressure to Modify Arms Stance”, in Boston Globe, USA, page 1:",
"text": "\"He figures that to do so, he'll have to be able to show a little ankle, to give some idea of new positions the United States is prepared to take.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1987 November 23, “Suddenly, A Visit by Cuomo Enlivens a Benefit For Casey”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, USA, page B01:",
"text": "No one expects Cuomo to declare his candidacy tonight But Carduff said \"we expect him to show some ankle\".",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005 June 7, Erin Joyce, “SQL Server 2005 Queues Up for Prime Time”, in InternetNews.com, USA, retrieved 2011-09-05:",
"text": "Microsoft showed some ankle and then some with advanced tools, database and server features in the latest builds of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 October 18, “On the right track”, in The Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2011-09-05:",
"text": "Now, it seems, the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, is ready to show a little ankle by welcoming a proposal from Lord Forsyth's tax commission to abolish stamp duty on shares.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011 August 12, “Football & Sport: Manchester United: A Comparison of Sneijder, Cantona, Scholes And Ronaldo”, in Sabotage Times, UK, retrieved 2011-09-05:",
"text": "Sneijder showed some ankle last week with a veiled ‘come and get me’ plea that was promptly rebuffed by David Gill stating that the deal probably won’t go ahead now.",
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}
],
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"To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest."
],
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[
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"(idiomatic) To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "come-on"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide partial information",
"word": "nostaa helmaa"
}
]
}
],
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"word": "show ankle"
}
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"ref": "1984 November 28, William Beecher, “Reagan under Pressure to Modify Arms Stance”, in Boston Globe, USA, page 1:",
"text": "\"He figures that to do so, he'll have to be able to show a little ankle, to give some idea of new positions the United States is prepared to take.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1987 November 23, “Suddenly, A Visit by Cuomo Enlivens a Benefit For Casey”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, USA, page B01:",
"text": "No one expects Cuomo to declare his candidacy tonight But Carduff said \"we expect him to show some ankle\".",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005 June 7, Erin Joyce, “SQL Server 2005 Queues Up for Prime Time”, in InternetNews.com, USA, retrieved 2011-09-05:",
"text": "Microsoft showed some ankle and then some with advanced tools, database and server features in the latest builds of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 October 18, “On the right track”, in The Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2011-09-05:",
"text": "Now, it seems, the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, is ready to show a little ankle by welcoming a proposal from Lord Forsyth's tax commission to abolish stamp duty on shares.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011 August 12, “Football & Sport: Manchester United: A Comparison of Sneijder, Cantona, Scholes And Ronaldo”, in Sabotage Times, UK, retrieved 2011-09-05:",
"text": "Sneijder showed some ankle last week with a veiled ‘come and get me’ plea that was promptly rebuffed by David Gill stating that the deal probably won’t go ahead now.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest."
],
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"(idiomatic) To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest."
],
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}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide partial information",
"word": "nostaa helmaa"
}
],
"word": "show ankle"
}
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