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sweating bullets

sweating bullets is the present participle and gerund of sweat bullets.

Meaning of sweat bullets

Verb

sweat bullets (third-person singular simple present sweats bullets, present participle sweating bullets, simple past and past participle sweated bullets)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
    • He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.

Questions about sweating bullets

What is sweating bullets the present participle and gerund of?
Sweating bullets is the present participle and gerund of sweat bullets.

Words near sweating bullets in the dictionary

  1. sweatiness
  2. sweating
  3. sweating blood
  4. sweating bricks
  5. sweating buckets
  6. sweating bullets
  7. sweating iron
  8. sweating irons
  9. sweating it out
  10. sweating like a hooker in church
  11. sweating like a horse

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