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breaking shins

breaking shins is the present participle and gerund of break shins.

Meaning of break shins

Verb

break shins (third-person singular simple present breaks shins, present participle breaking shins, simple past broke shins, past participle broken shins)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To borrow money.

Questions about breaking shins

What is breaking shins the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking shins is the present participle and gerund of break shins.

Words near breaking shins in the dictionary

  1. breaking out
  2. breaking point
  3. breaking points
  4. breaking ranks
  5. breaking rigor
  6. breaking shins
  7. breaking someone's back
  8. breaking someone's balls
  9. breaking someone's face
  10. breaking someone's heart
  11. breaking squelch

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