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stop the bleeding

stop the bleeding verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, the, bleeding.

Verb

stop the bleeding (third-person singular simple present stops the bleeding, present participle stopping the bleeding, simple past and past participle stopped the bleeding)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, the, bleeding.
  2. (idiomatic) To recover by interrupting a string of losses, disappointments, etc.

Forms of stop the bleeding

third-person singular presentstops the bleeding
present participlestopping the bleeding
past participlestopped the bleeding
paststopped the bleeding

Questions about stop the bleeding

What does stop the bleeding mean?
Stop the bleeding means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, the, bleeding.
What part of speech is stop the bleeding?
Stop the bleeding is a verb.
What is the past tense of stop the bleeding?
The past tense of stop the bleeding is stopped the bleeding.

Words near stop the bleeding in the dictionary

  1. stop someone's clock
  2. stop squark
  3. stop squarks
  4. stop street
  5. stop streets
  6. stop the bleeding
  7. stop the car
  8. stop the job
  9. stop the lights
  10. stop the presses
  11. stop thief

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