make someone's jaw drop

verb

To cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.

“The news that I'm pregnant after so many tries made my husband's jaw drop.”

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Meanings

verbmake someone's jaw drop (third-person singular simple present makes someone's jaw drop, present participle making someone's jaw drop, simple past and past participle made someone's jaw drop)

present singular third person makes someone's jaw drop · participle present making someone's jaw drop · participle past made someone's jaw drop · past made someone's jaw drop

  1. idiomaticTo cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.

    The news that I'm pregnant after so many tries made my husband's jaw drop.

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