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staking one's life

staking one's life is the present participle and gerund of stake one's life.

Meaning of stake one's life

Verb

stake one's life (third-person singular simple present stakes one's life, present participle staking one's life, simple past and past participle staked one's life)

  1. Synonym of bet one's bottom dollar.

Questions about staking one's life

What is staking one's life the present participle and gerund of?
Staking one's life is the present participle and gerund of stake one's life.

Words near staking one's life in the dictionary

  1. Stakhanovites
  2. Stakhonovite
  3. Stakhonovites
  4. staking
  5. staking a claim
  6. staking one's life
  7. staking out
  8. stakings
  9. stalactic
  10. stalactical
  11. stalactiform

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