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selling one's ass

selling one's ass is the present participle of sell one's ass.

Meaning of sell one's ass

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To work as a prostitute; to provide sexual services for money.

Questions about selling one's ass

What is selling one's ass the present participle of?
Selling one's ass is the present participle of sell one's ass.

Words near selling one's ass in the dictionary

  1. selling freezers to Eskimos
  2. selling ice to Eskimos
  3. selling like hot cakes
  4. selling off
  5. selling on
  6. selling one's ass
  7. selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  8. selling one's body
  9. selling one's life dearly
  10. selling one's own grandmother
  11. selling one's soul

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