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rest one's soul

rest one's soul verb: to wish that a person might find peace in the afterlife.

Verb

rest one's soul (third-person singular simple present rests one's soul, present participle resting one's soul, simple past and past participle rested one's soul)

  1. (idiomatic) To wish that a person might find peace in the afterlife.

Forms of rest one's soul

third-person singular presentrests one's soul
present participleresting one's soul
past participlerested one's soul
pastrested one's soul

Questions about rest one's soul

What does rest one's soul mean?
Rest one's soul means to wish that a person might find peace in the afterlife.
What part of speech is rest one's soul?
Rest one's soul is a verb.
What is the past tense of rest one's soul?
The past tense of rest one's soul is rested one's soul.

Words near rest one's soul in the dictionary

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  2. rest of the UK
  3. rest on
  4. rest on one's laurels
  5. rest one's case
  6. rest one's soul
  7. rest operator
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  9. rest parameter
  10. rest parameters
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