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🔹 to set _____s wagging
🔹 a slip of the _____
🔹 to be _____-tied
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Answer: TONGUE
to set tongues wagging – to cause lots of people to gossip
The rock star set tongues wagging when he was seen having a romantic dinner with his assistant.
a slip of the tongue is a verbal mistake. Typically it describes when the speaker knows the right word but accidentally says another.
Jeff called me by his ex-girlfriend’s name. It was just a slip of the tongue but it bothered me.
If you are tongue-tied you can’t speak or are having difficulty speaking because you’re shy, embarrassed or nervous.
When Hannah saw how many people had come to attend her presentation she was tongue-tied for a moment but then she took a deep breath and told herself “You’ve got this. You can do this.”