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sell one's body

sell one's body verb: to work as a prostitute.

Verb

sell one's body (third-person singular simple present sells one's body, present participle selling one's body, simple past and past participle sold one's body)

  1. To work as a prostitute.

Synonyms of sell one's body

All synonyms of sell one's body

Forms of sell one's body

third-person singular presentsells one's body
present participleselling one's body
past participlesold one's body
pastsold one's body

Questions about sell one's body

What does sell one's body mean?
Sell one's body means to work as a prostitute.
What part of speech is sell one's body?
Sell one's body is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell one's body?
The past tense of sell one's body is sold one's body.

Words near sell one's body in the dictionary

  1. sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven
  2. sell off
  3. sell on
  4. sell one's ass
  5. sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  6. sell one's body
  7. sell one's life dearly
  8. sell one's own grandmother
  9. sell one's soul
  10. sell one's soul to the devil
  11. sell oneself

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