"make strange" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make strange.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes strange [present, singular, third-person], making strange [participle, present], made strange [participle, past], made strange [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> strange}} make strange (third-person singular simple present makes strange, present participle making strange, simple past and past participle made strange)
  1. (idiomatic, especially of small children) To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation. Tags: especially, idiomatic Translations (behave shyly in presence of unfamiliar person): 怕生 (pà shēng) (Chinese Mandarin), fremdeln (German), 人見知りする (hitomishiri suru) (alt: ひとみしりする) (Japanese), бишүүрхэх ᠪᠢᠰᠢᠭᠦᠷᠬᠡᠬᠦ (bišüürxex) (Mongolian)

Inflected forms

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