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stealing someone's heart

stealing someone's heart is the present participle and gerund of steal someone's heart.

Meaning of steal someone's heart

Verb

steal someone's heart (third-person singular simple present steals someone's heart, present participle stealing someone's heart, simple past and past participle stole someone's heart)

  1. (idiomatic) To captivate someone; to mesmerize someone.
    • I used to take girls up to Stony Brook and steal their hearts like some crook, true story2023, “3D (song)”, performed by Jungkook ft. Jack Harlow

Questions about stealing someone's heart

What is stealing someone's heart the present participle and gerund of?
Stealing someone's heart is the present participle and gerund of steal someone's heart.

Words near stealing someone's heart in the dictionary

  1. stealing a kiss
  2. stealing a living
  3. stealing a march
  4. stealing away
  5. stealing in
  6. stealing someone's heart
  7. stealing someone's identity
  8. stealing someone's thunder
  9. stealing the scene
  10. stealing the show
  11. stealingest

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