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shoulding on

shoulding on is the present participle and gerund of should on.

Meaning of should on

Verb

should on (third-person singular simple present shoulds on, present participle shoulding on, simple past and past participle shoulded on)

  1. (US, colloquial) To impose judgment on (oneself or others) by telling them what they should do.
    • Shoulding on yourself keeps you imprisoned in other people's beliefs and it makes you a puppet on a string […]2009, Ecallaw Leachim, Ratology: Way of the Undamned, page 100

Questions about shoulding on

What is shoulding on the present participle and gerund of?
Shoulding on is the present participle and gerund of should on.

Words near shoulding on in the dictionary

  1. shouldersful
  2. shoulderstrap
  3. shoulderstraps
  4. shouldest
  5. shoulding
  6. shoulding on
  7. shouldn't
  8. shouldn't've
  9. shouldn'ts
  10. shouldna
  11. shouldnae

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