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sell one's life dearly

sell one's life dearly verb: to do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.

Forms of sell one's life dearly

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

Questions about sell one's life dearly

What does sell one's life dearly mean?
Sell one's life dearly means to do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.
What part of speech is sell one's life dearly?
Sell one's life dearly is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell one's life dearly?
The past tense of sell one's life dearly is sold one's life dearly.

Words near sell one's life dearly in the dictionary

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

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