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verbfold one's arms (third-person singular simple present folds one's arms, present participle folding one's arms, simple past and past participle folded one's arms)
present singular third person folds one's arms · participle present folding one's arms · participle past folded one's arms · past folded one's arms
- Synonym of cross one's arms.
They stepped to the sidewalk, looked in an around. Nick folded his arms.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 34, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 171Synonyms: cross one's arms
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verbSynonym of cross one's arms.
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