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bearing away the bell

bearing away the bell is the present participle and gerund of bear away the bell.

Meaning of bear away the bell

Verb

bear away the bell (third-person singular simple present bears away the bell, present participle bearing away the bell, simple past bore away the bell, past participle borne away the bell)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To be superior in something.
    • And as these western men do bear away the bell for might and sleight in wrestling , so the scholars here have always acquitted themselves with credit in palæstrâ literariâ1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Questions about bearing away the bell

What is bearing away the bell the present participle and gerund of?
Bearing away the bell is the present participle and gerund of bear away the bell.

Words near bearing away the bell in the dictionary

  1. bearing
  2. bearing a grudge
  3. bearing a hand
  4. bearing against
  5. bearing away
  6. bearing away the bell
  7. bearing date
  8. bearing down
  9. bearing down on
  10. bearing fruit
  11. bearing in

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