touch someone's hem in English

Forms: touches someone's hem [present, singular, third-person], touching someone's hem [participle, present], touched someone's hem [participle, past], touched someone's hem [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} touch someone's hem (third-person singular simple present touches someone's hem, present participle touching someone's hem, simple past and past participle touched someone's hem)

Inflected forms

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"touch someone's hem" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms