- gross someone out
- gross someone out†to disgust someone. •
Those horrible pictures just gross me out.
•Jim's story totally grossed out Sally.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
gross someone out
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gross someone out — gross (someone) out to make someone uncomfortable because it is very unpleasant. I could only watch part of the movie because it really grossed me out … New idioms dictionary
gross someone out — tv. to disgust someone. □ Those horrible pictures just gross me out. CD Jim’s story totally grossed out Sally … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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gross someone out — informal disgust someone, typically with repulsive or obscene behavior or appearance … Useful english dictionary
gross out — gross (someone) out to make someone uncomfortable because it is very unpleasant. I could only watch part of the movie because it really grossed me out … New idioms dictionary
creep (someone) out — vb to disgust, disquiet someone. Formed from the colloquial creepy , the phrase is popular among younger teenagers. ► I don t care: he creeps me out, plus he smells gross... (The X Files, US TV series, 1996) … Contemporary slang
gross out — verb 1. fill with distaste This spoilt food disgusts me • Syn: ↑disgust, ↑revolt, ↑repel • Derivationally related forms: ↑repulsive (for: ↑repel), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gross — adjective 1》 unattractively large or bloated. 2》 vulgar; coarse. ↘informal very unpleasant; repulsive. 3》 blatantly wrong or unacceptable: gross human rights abuses. 4》 (of income, profit, or interest) without deduction of tax or other… … English new terms dictionary
gross — gross1 S3 [grəus US grous] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(total)¦ 2¦(very bad)¦ 3¦(nasty)¦ 4¦(fat)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: gros big, thick , from Latin grossus] 1.) ¦(TOTAL)¦ [only b … Dictionary of contemporary English
gross — 1 adjective 1 TOTAL a) a gross amount of money is the total amount before any tax or costs have been taken away: a gross profit of $15 million | gross receipts (=the gross amount of money received) compare net 3 (1) b) a gross weight is the total … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
