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chilling to the bone

chilling to the bone is the present participle and gerund of chill to the bone.

Meaning of chill to the bone

Verb

chill to the bone (third-person singular simple present chills to the bone, present participle chilling to the bone, simple past and past participle chilled to the bone)

  1. (idiomatic) To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.
    • I was just chilled to the bone.

Questions about chilling to the bone

What is chilling to the bone the present participle and gerund of?
Chilling to the bone is the present participle and gerund of chill to the bone.

Words near chilling to the bone in the dictionary

  1. chilling
  2. chilling effect
  3. chilling effects
  4. chilling it with
  5. chilling out
  6. chilling to the bone
  7. Chillingham
  8. chillingly
  9. chillingness
  10. Chillingollah
  11. chillings

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