"make someone's toenails curl" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes (someone's) toenails curl [present, singular, third-person], making (someone's) toenails curl [participle, present], made (someone's) toenails curl [participle, past], made (someone's) toenails curl [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> (someone's) toenails curl}} make someone's toenails curl (third-person singular simple present makes (someone's) toenails curl, present participle making (someone's) toenails curl, simple past and past participle made (someone's) toenails curl)
  1. Alternative form of make someone's toes curl Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: make someone's toes curl
    Sense id: en-make_someone's_toenails_curl-en-verb-nx8QrPYZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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