make someone's jaw drop

English

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Verb

make 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)

1. (idiomatic) 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.

See also

• jaw-dropping
• someone's jaw dropped