make someone's toes curl in English

Forms: makes (someone's) toes curl [present, singular, third-person], making (someone's) toes curl [participle, present], made (someone's) toes curl [participle, past], made (someone's) toes curl [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> (someone's) toes curl}} make someone's toes curl (third-person singular simple present makes (someone's) toes curl, present participle making (someone's) toes curl, simple past and past participle made (someone's) toes curl)

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          "ref": "1983 October, Listener and BBC Television Review, page 27:",
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Minotaur Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He gave me a last lingering kiss that made my toes curl and left me panting.",
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          "word": "make one's toenails curl"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes (someone's) toes curl",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "making (someone's) toes curl",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "made (someone's) toes curl",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "ref": "2021, Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Minotaur Books, →ISBN:",
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"make someone's toes curl" meaning in English

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