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heaping coals of fire on someone's head

heaping coals of fire on someone's head is the present participle and gerund of heap coals of fire on someone's head.

Meaning of heap coals of fire on someone's head

Verb

heap coals of fire on someone's head (third-person singular simple present heaps coals of fire on someone's head, present participle heaping coals of fire on someone's head, simple past and past participle heaped coals of fire on someone's head)

  1. (intransitive) To excite remorse in someone by returning good for evil.
    • Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:20

Questions about heaping coals of fire on someone's head

What is heaping coals of fire on someone's head the present participle and gerund of?
Heaping coals of fire on someone's head is the present participle and gerund of heap coals of fire on someone's head.

Words near heaping coals of fire on someone's head in the dictionary

  1. heapier
  2. heapiest
  3. heapily
  4. heapiness
  5. heaping
  6. heaping coals of fire on someone's head
  7. heaping on
  8. heaping up
  9. heapings
  10. heapmeal
  11. Heappey

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