- knit your brows
- knit (your) brows
literary
to move your eyebrows (= the hair above your eyes) closer together when you are worried or thinking carefully.
Sasha knitted her brows as she listened to the storm forecast.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
knit your brows
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knit your brows — If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried … The small dictionary of idiomes
knit your brows — knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
knit your brows — If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
knit your eyebrows — knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
knit your brow/brows — to move your eyebrows together in a way that shows that you are thinking about something or are worried, angry, etc. She knit her brow and asked what I was doing. • • • Main Entry: ↑knit … Useful english dictionary
knit your brow(s) — knit your ˈbrow(s) idiom to move your ↑eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. Syn: ↑frown • His brows were knitted in a permanent frown. Main entry: ↑knit … Useful english dictionary
knit brows — knit (your) brows literary to move your eyebrows (= the hair above your eyes) closer together when you are worried or thinking carefully. Sasha knitted her brows as she listened to the storm forecast … New idioms dictionary
To knit the brows — Brow Brow (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br[=u]; akin to AS. br[=ae]w, bre[ a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br[=u]n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br[u^]v[i^], Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
knit — [nıt] v present participle knitting [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: cnyttan] 1.) past tense and past participle knitted to make clothing out of wool, using two ↑knitting needles →↑crochet ▪ My grandmother taught me how to knit. ▪ She s knitting … Dictionary of contemporary English
knit — [ nıt ] (past tense and past participle knit or knit|ted) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make something such as a piece of clothing using wool and sticks called knitting needles: She reads and knits to pass the time. knit someone… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
