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ageing like milk

ageing like milk is the present participle and gerund of age like milk.

Meaning of age like milk

Verb

age like milk (third-person singular simple present ages like milk, present participle aging like milk or ageing like milk, simple past and past participle aged like milk)

  1. (simile) To age very badly; to look bad in hindsight, or after time has passed.
    • While rewatching this movie after twenty years, I realized that it had aged like milk.

Questions about ageing like milk

What is ageing like milk the present participle and gerund of?
Ageing like milk is the present participle and gerund of age like milk.

Words near ageing like milk in the dictionary

  1. ageinest
  2. ageing
  3. ageing in place
  4. ageing like a fine wine
  5. ageing like fine wine
  6. ageing like milk
  7. ageing like vinegar
  8. ageing like wine
  9. ageing out
  10. ageings
  11. ageinst

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