"stop the bleeding" meaning in English

See stop the bleeding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: stops the bleeding [present, singular, third-person], stopping the bleeding [participle, present], stopped the bleeding [participle, past], stopped the bleeding [past]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-stop_the_bleeding-en-verb-cDb0aNPl
  2. (idiomatic) To recover by interrupting a string of losses, disappointments, etc. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-stop_the_bleeding-en-verb-Xe~Hx3oz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91

Inflected forms

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