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bringing owls to Athens

bringing owls to Athens is the present participle and gerund of bring owls to Athens.

Meaning of bring owls to Athens

Verb

bring owls to Athens (third-person singular simple present brings owls to Athens, present participle bringing owls to Athens, simple past and past participle brought owls to Athens)

  1. (idiomatic) To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.
    • Euelpides: Who brings owls to Athens?414 BCE, Aristophanes, Ian C. Johnston (translator into English), The Birds

Questions about bringing owls to Athens

What is bringing owls to Athens the present participle and gerund of?
Bringing owls to Athens is the present participle and gerund of bring owls to Athens.

Words near bringing owls to Athens in the dictionary

  1. bringing out
  2. bringing out in a rash
  3. bringing out of oneself
  4. bringing out of the woodwork
  5. bringing over
  6. bringing owls to Athens
  7. bringing round
  8. bringing sand to the beach
  9. bringing suit
  10. bringing the curtain down
  11. bringing the house down

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