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burning someone's ass

burning someone's ass is the present participle and gerund of burn someone's ass.

Meaning of burn someone's ass

Verb

burn someone's ass (third-person singular simple present burns someone's ass, present participle burning someone's ass, simple past and past participle burned someone's ass or burnt someone's ass)

  1. To irritate, bother, grind one's gears.
    • It really burns my ass to see the glorification in books, plays, movies, and musicals of Henry VIII of England, that loathsome monarch who discarded woman after woman because he had no use for the female offspring they produced.1976 April 17, Don Shewey, “Eros and Heroes on the Boards”, in Gay Community News, page 11

Questions about burning someone's ass

What is burning someone's ass the present participle and gerund of?
Burning someone's ass is the present participle and gerund of burn someone's ass.

Words near burning someone's ass in the dictionary

  1. burning plasmas
  2. burning question
  3. burning questions
  4. burning rubber
  5. burning someone at the stake
  6. burning someone's ass
  7. burning someone's ears
  8. burning that bridge when one comes to it
  9. burning the candle at both ends
  10. burning the coal
  11. burning the midnight oil

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