Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Show me your ankle.

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  2. Show me your ankles.

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  3. She showed him her ankle.

    ruОна показала ему свою лодыжку.

    deSie zeigte ihm ihr Fußgelenk.

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Origin

Probably an allusion to the flirtatious practice by some young women, especially in the fi

Probably an allusion to the flirtatious practice by some young women, especially in the first half of the twentieth century, of raising a long skirt sufficiently to reveal a bare ankle but no more than that.

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Forms

shows ankle, showing ankle, showed ankle, shown ankle
Base formshow ankle · to show ankle
3rd person singularshows ankle
Present participleshowing ankle
Past simpleshowed ankle
Past participleshown ankle

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshow ankle
he, she, itshows ankle

Past simpleLesson

all personsshowed ankle

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shown ankle
he, she, ithas shown ankle

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill show ankle

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcome-on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shovelshowA1showcaseB2showdownshowerA1
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