knit your brows
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knit your brows — If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried … The small dictionary of idiomes
knit your brows — knit (your) brows literary to move your eyebrows (= the hair above your eyes) closer together when you are worried or thinking carefully. Sasha knitted her brows as she listened to the storm forecast … New idioms dictionary
knit your brows — If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
knit your eyebrows — knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
knit your brow/brows — to move your eyebrows together in a way that shows that you are thinking about something or are worried, angry, etc. She knit her brow and asked what I was doing. • • • Main Entry: ↑knit … Useful english dictionary
knit your brow(s) — knit your ˈbrow(s) idiom to move your ↑eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. Syn: ↑frown • His brows were knitted in a permanent frown. Main entry: ↑knit … Useful english dictionary
knit brows — knit (your) brows literary to move your eyebrows (= the hair above your eyes) closer together when you are worried or thinking carefully. Sasha knitted her brows as she listened to the storm forecast … New idioms dictionary
To knit the brows — Brow Brow (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br[=u]; akin to AS. br[=ae]w, bre[ a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br[=u]n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br[u^]v[i^], Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
knit — [nıt] v present participle knitting [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: cnyttan] 1.) past tense and past participle knitted to make clothing out of wool, using two ↑knitting needles →↑crochet ▪ My grandmother taught me how to knit. ▪ She s knitting … Dictionary of contemporary English
knit — [ nıt ] (past tense and past participle knit or knit|ted) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make something such as a piece of clothing using wool and sticks called knitting needles: She reads and knits to pass the time. knit someone… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
