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stopped the bleeding

stopped the bleeding is the simple past and past participle of stop the bleeding.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about stopped the bleeding

What is stopped the bleeding the simple past and past participle of?
Stopped the bleeding is the simple past and past participle of stop the bleeding.

Words near stopped the bleeding in the dictionary

  1. stopped pipes
  2. stopped press
  3. stopped short
  4. stopped someone in their tracks
  5. stopped someone's clock
  6. stopped the bleeding
  7. stopped the job
  8. stopped the presses
  9. stopped traffic
  10. stopped two gaps with one bush
  11. stopped up

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