"show one's ass" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shows one's ass [present, singular, third-person], showing one's ass [participle, present], showed one's ass [past], shown one's ass [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|||shown one's ass}} show one's ass (third-person singular simple present shows one's ass, present participle showing one's ass, simple past showed one's ass, past participle shown one's ass)
  1. (Canada, US, vulgar) To act or behave in a rude or obnoxious manner; to misbehave. Tags: Canada, US, vulgar Synonyms: show one's butt Translations (to act rudely): perseillä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-show_one's_ass-en-verb-igDqTW2C Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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