bat one's eyelashes

A form of bat one's eyes — To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.

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Meanings

verbbat one's eyelashes (third-person singular simple present bats one's eyelashes, present participle batting one's eyelashes, simple past and past participle batted one's eyelashes)

present singular third person bats one's eyelashes · participle present batting one's eyelashes · participle past batted one's eyelashes · past batted one's eyelashes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bat one's eyes.
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