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Idiom

give someone wood

Meaning

To cause someone to have an erection, usually due to sexual arousal.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That outfit really gives him wood.”

“She knew exactly how to dress to give him wood before they even left the house.”

“The provocative nature of her performance was clearly intended to give him wood, a fact he struggled to hide throughout the evening.”

Examples

simple

“That outfit really gives him wood.”

contextual

“She knew exactly how to dress to give him wood before they even left the house.”

complex

“The provocative nature of her performance was clearly intended to give him wood, a fact he struggled to hide throughout the evening.”

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