knit (one's) brow(s)

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knit (one's) brow(s)

To furrow one's brow, often due to worry or confusion. Whenever there was a problem, my dad would sit in his favorite chair, knit his brow for a while, and then announce that he had a plan. When I asked Bill about what happened, and he knit his brows, I knew I was about to hear some bad news.

knit one's brow

to cause one's brow to wrinkle. Bob knitted his brow when he was confused. Jane knitted her brow because she was angry.

knit your ˈbrows

frown (= move your eyebrows together), to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc: She knitted her brows, trying to think how she could have spent so much money in one week.

See also: brow, knit

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And thereupon he suddenly remembered that he was not sleeping in his wife's room, but in his study, and why: the smile vanished from his face, he knitted his brows.

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When I waked Alan, he glanced first at the soldiers, then at the mark and the position of the sun, and knitted his brows with a sudden, quick look, both ugly and anxious, which was all the reproach I had of him.

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He knitted his brows like a man who is obliged to relinquish some illusion.

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He knitted his brows at emotional points, to show how deeply affected he was.

War on Terror - Blair's Misson: Man with a mission shows us he's boss: His body language

He flexed his hands together and knitted his brows as he thought before responding to a question about the 1996 election campaign and its many ramifications, both inside and out of the newspaper business.

Post staff encouraged by Weil appointment as managing editor

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