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stopping the bleeding

stopping the bleeding is the present participle and gerund 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 stopping the bleeding

What is stopping the bleeding the present participle and gerund of?
Stopping the bleeding is the present participle and gerund of stop the bleeding.

Words near stopping the bleeding in the dictionary

  1. stopping service
  2. stopping services
  3. stopping short
  4. stopping someone in their tracks
  5. stopping someone's clock
  6. stopping the bleeding
  7. stopping the job
  8. stopping the presses
  9. stopping time
  10. stopping times
  11. stopping traffic

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