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selling one's body

selling one's body is the present participle and gerund of sell one's body.

Meaning of sell one's body

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.

Questions about selling one's body

What is selling one's body the present participle and gerund of?
Selling one's body is the present participle and gerund of sell one's body.

Words near selling one's body in the dictionary

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

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