make the fur fly in English

Forms: makes the fur fly [present, singular, third-person], making the fur fly [participle, present], made the fur fly [participle, past], made the fur fly [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the way fur is torn from fighting animals. Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> the fur fly}} make the fur fly (third-person singular simple present makes the fur fly, present participle making the fur fly, simple past and past participle made the fur fly)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the way fur is torn from fighting animals.",
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    {
      "form": "makes the fur fly",
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    {
      "form": "making the fur fly",
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    },
    {
      "form": "made the fur fly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "made the fur fly",
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      ]
    }
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        "1": "make<,,made> the fur fly"
      },
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    }
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        "To have a vicious fight or altercation."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "watch the fur fly"
        },
        {
          "word": "make the feathers fly"
        }
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}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the way fur is torn from fighting animals.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes the fur fly",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making the fur fly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the fur fly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the fur fly",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "make<,,made> the fur fly"
      },
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the fur fly"
}

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"make the fur fly" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms