"chill to the bone" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chills to the bone [present, singular, third-person], chilling to the bone [participle, present], chilled to the bone [participle, past], chilled to the bone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chill to the bone (third-person singular simple present chills to the bone, present participle chilling to the bone, simple past and past participle chilled to the bone)
  1. (idiomatic) To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Temperature
    Sense id: en-chill_to_the_bone-en-verb-I3xBLAHo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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