raise one's eyebrows in English

Forms: raises one's eyebrows [present, singular, third-person], raising one's eyebrows [participle, present], raised one's eyebrows [participle, past], raised one's eyebrows [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=raise one's eyebrows}} raise one's eyebrows (third-person singular simple present raises one's eyebrows, present participle raising one's eyebrows, simple past and past participle raised one's eyebrows)

Inflected forms

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"raise one's eyebrows" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms