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selling one's soul

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

Meaning of sell one's soul

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To abandon one's spiritual values or moral principles for wealth or other benefits.
    • He murmured in her ear. “You are Marguerite, for you could fire a man's heart so that he would sell his soul to gain you.”1877, Charles Reade, chapter 3, in A Woman-Hater

Questions about selling one's soul

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

Words near selling one's soul in the dictionary

  1. selling one's ass
  2. selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  3. selling one's body
  4. selling one's life dearly
  5. selling one's own grandmother
  6. selling one's soul
  7. selling one's soul to the devil
  8. selling oneself
  9. selling out
  10. selling out from under
  11. selling past the close

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