let one's nuts hang in English

Forms: lets one's nuts hang [present, singular, third-person], letting one's nuts hang [participle, present], let one's nuts hang [participle, past], let one's nuts hang [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> one's nuts hang}} let one's nuts hang (third-person singular simple present lets one's nuts hang, present participle letting one's nuts hang, simple past and past participle let one's nuts hang)

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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nuts, hang; to let one's scrotum hang freely."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nuts, hang; to let one's scrotum hang freely."
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"let one's nuts hang" meaning in English

Noun