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sold one's life dearly

sold one's life dearly is the simple past and past participle of sell one's life dearly.

Meaning of sell one's life dearly

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.

Questions about sold one's life dearly

What is sold one's life dearly the simple past and past participle of?
Sold one's life dearly is the simple past and past participle of sell one's life dearly.

Words near sold one's life dearly in the dictionary

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

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