"show some skin" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-show some skin.wav Forms: shows some skin [present, singular, third-person], showing some skin [participle, present], showed some skin [past], shown some skin [participle, past]
Etymology: From show + some + skin. Etymology templates: {{com|en|show|some|skin}} show + some + skin Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown> some skin}} show some skin (third-person singular simple present shows some skin, present participle showing some skin, simple past showed some skin, past participle shown some skin)
  1. (reflexive, chiefly of a woman) To wear a revealing or provocative outfit in a way which is sexually attractive. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-show_some_skin-en-verb-PW3qb0jp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show, skin. Synonyms: show skin
    Sense id: en-show_some_skin-en-verb-udHNBMDC

Alternative forms

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