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adding salt to injury

adding salt to injury is the present participle and gerund of add salt to injury.

Meaning of add salt to injury

Verb

add salt to injury (third-person singular simple present adds salt to injury, present participle adding salt to injury, simple past and past participle added salt to injury)

  1. Eggcorn of add insult to injury.

Questions about adding salt to injury

What is adding salt to injury the present participle and gerund of?
Adding salt to injury is the present participle and gerund of add salt to injury.

Words near adding salt to injury in the dictionary

  1. adding machine
  2. adding machines
  3. adding oil
  4. adding on
  5. adding one's twopenn'orth
  6. adding salt to injury
  7. adding to the list
  8. adding up
  9. adding up to
  10. adding value
  11. Addingham

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