raise one's eyebrows

verb

Of a person, to be surprised.

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Meanings

verbraise one's eyebrows (third-person singular simple present raises one's eyebrows, present participle raising one's eyebrows, simple past and past participle raised one's eyebrows)

present singular third person raises one's eyebrows · participle present raising one's eyebrows · participle past raised one's eyebrows · past raised one's eyebrows

  1. idiomaticOf a person, to be surprised.
  2. idiomaticOf a person, to be mildly disapproving of something.
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Chicago

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