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winning someone's heart

winning someone's heart is the present participle and gerund of win someone's heart.

Meaning of win someone's heart

Verb

win someone's heart (third-person singular simple present wins someone's heart, present participle winning someone's heart, simple past and past participle won someone's heart)

  1. To gain the love or affection of someone.
    • Safie related that her mother was a Christian Arab, seized and made a slave by the Turks; recommended by her beauty, she had won the heart of the father of Safie, who married her.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington...

Questions about winning someone's heart

What is winning someone's heart the present participle and gerund of?
Winning someone's heart is the present participle and gerund of win someone's heart.

Words near winning someone's heart in the dictionary

  1. winning out
  2. winning over
  3. winning post
  4. winning posts
  5. winning round
  6. winning someone's heart
  7. winning streak
  8. winning streaks
  9. winning the battle, but losing the war
  10. winning the day
  11. winning the lottery

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