give an eye-tooth in English

Forms: gives an eye-tooth [present, singular, third-person], giving an eye-tooth [participle, present], gave an eye-tooth [past], given an eye-tooth [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> an eye-tooth}} give an eye-tooth (third-person singular simple present gives an eye-tooth, present participle giving an eye-tooth, simple past gave an eye-tooth, past participle given an eye-tooth)

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"give an eye-tooth" meaning in English

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