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sting like a bee

sting like a bee verb: to deliver a powerful punch.

Verb

sting like a bee (third-person singular simple present stings like a bee, present participle stinging like a bee, simple past and past participle stung like a bee)

  1. (colloquial, simile) to deliver a powerful punch

Forms of sting like a bee

third-person singular presentstings like a bee
present participlestinging like a bee
past participlestung like a bee
paststung like a bee

Questions about sting like a bee

What does sting like a bee mean?
Sting like a bee means to deliver a powerful punch.
What part of speech is sting like a bee?
Sting like a bee is a verb.
What is the past tense of sting like a bee?
The past tense of sting like a bee is stung like a bee.

Words near sting like a bee in the dictionary

  1. Stinebaughs
  2. Stiner
  3. Stiners
  4. sting
  5. sting in the tail
  6. sting like a bee
  7. stingable
  8. stingaree
  9. stingarees
  10. stingbull
  11. stingbulls

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