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peer pressuring

peer pressuring is the present participle and gerund of peer pressure.

Meaning of peer pressure

Verb

peer pressure (third-person singular simple present peer pressures, present participle peer pressuring, simple past and past participle peer pressured)

  1. (informal, transitive) To induce or influence one's peers.
    • He was peer-pressured into taking drugs.

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Questions about peer pressuring

What is peer pressuring the present participle and gerund of?
Peer pressuring is the present participle and gerund of peer pressure.

Words near peer pressuring in the dictionary

  1. peer of the realm
  2. Peer Panja
  3. peer pressure
  4. peer pressured
  5. peer pressures
  6. peer pressuring
  7. peer review
  8. peer reviewed
  9. peer reviewing
  10. peer reviews
  11. peer-review

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