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belled the cat

belled the cat is the simple past and past participle of bell the cat.

Meaning of bell the cat

Verb

bell the cat (third-person singular simple present bells the cat, present participle belling the cat, simple past and past participle belled the cat)

  1. (idiomatic) To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.

Questions about belled the cat

What is belled the cat the simple past and past participle of?
Belled the cat is the simple past and past participle of bell the cat.

Words near belled the cat in the dictionary

  1. Belleaus
  2. belled
  3. belled buzzard
  4. belled buzzards
  5. belled out
  6. belled the cat
  7. belled up
  8. belledom
  9. belleek
  10. Belleek ware
  11. Belleek wares

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Adapted from Wiktionary: belled the cat (page history and authors); bell the cat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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