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belling the cat

belling the cat is the present participle and gerund 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 belling the cat

What is belling the cat the present participle and gerund of?
Belling the cat is the present participle and gerund of bell the cat.

Words near belling the cat in the dictionary

  1. Bellin
  2. Bellina
  3. Bellinas
  4. belling
  5. belling out
  6. belling the cat
  7. belling up
  8. Bellingen
  9. Bellinger
  10. bellingerite
  11. Bellingers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: belling 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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