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barring out

barring out is the present participle and gerund of bar out.

Meaning of bar out

Verb

bar out (third-person singular simple present bars out, present participle barring out, simple past and past participle barred out)

  1. (literally, transitive) To keep (someone or something) from entering.
  2. (obsolete) To shut a teacher out of the classroom as a prank.
    • Not schoolboys at a barring out
      Rais’d ever such incessant rout1728, The Journal of a Modern Lady, Jonathan Swift
    Synonyms:
    outbar

Questions about barring out

What is barring out the present participle and gerund of?
Barring out is the present participle and gerund of bar out.

Words near barring out in the dictionary

  1. barring
  2. barring down
  3. barring engine
  4. barring motor
  5. barring off
  6. barring out
  7. barring up
  8. barring-out
  9. Barringer
  10. Barringer Crater
  11. barringerite

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