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keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge

keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge is the present participle of keep one's breath to cool one's porridge.

Meaning of keep one's breath to cool one's porridge

Verb

keep one's breath to cool one's porridge (third-person singular simple present keeps one's breath to cool one's porridge, present participle keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge, simple past and past participle kept one's breath to cool one's porridge)

  1. Synonym of save one's breath to cool one's porridge.

Questions about keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge

What is keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge the present participle of?
Keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge is the present participle of keep one's breath to cool one's porridge.

Words near keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge in the dictionary

  1. keeping off the streets
  2. keeping on
  3. keeping on about
  4. keeping on keeping on
  5. keeping on trucking
  6. keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge
  7. keeping one's cards close to one's chest
  8. keeping one's chapels
  9. keeping one's chin up
  10. keeping one's cool
  11. keeping one's counsel

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