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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Nip/turn/pick or ___? his ear

-When a children is naughty, his parents would nip/turn/pick or ___? his ear.

My friend gave me this sentence, but I just don't know what word we can use to depict that particular key-turning like act on the part of parents. Could you help me?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

When a child was naughty, his parents would twist his ear.

  • When a child was naughty, his parents would twist his ear.
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When a child was naughty, his parents would twist his ear.
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a children?
When children are naughty, their parents will twist their ear.
When a child is naughty, his/her/its parents will twist his/her/its ear.

Undoubtedly the word OttoJ is looking for is twist.

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