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selling like hot cakes

selling like hot cakes is the present participle and gerund of sell like hot cakes.

Meaning of sell like hot cakes

Verb

sell like hot cakes (third-person singular simple present sells like hot cakes, present participle selling like hot cakes, simple past and past participle sold like hot cakes)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be sold quickly in large numbers or amounts.
    • During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes.

Questions about selling like hot cakes

What is selling like hot cakes the present participle and gerund of?
Selling like hot cakes is the present participle and gerund of sell like hot cakes.

Words near selling like hot cakes in the dictionary

  1. selling down
  2. selling down the river
  3. selling floor
  4. selling freezers to Eskimos
  5. selling ice to Eskimos
  6. selling like hot cakes
  7. selling off
  8. selling on
  9. selling one's ass
  10. selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  11. selling one's body

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