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burning one's toast

burning one's toast is the present participle and gerund of burn one's toast.

Meaning of burn one's toast

Verb

burn one's toast (third-person singular simple present burns one's toast, present participle burning one's toast, simple past and past participle burned one's toast or burnt one's toast)

  1. To cause inconvenience; to spoil someone's fun or enjoyment of something.
    • He talks as if I have no right to be upset, as if all he has done is inconvenience me. "Oops, I didn't mean to burn your toast, sorry." That's his tone. He acts as if it's his right to do whatever he wants to me.2015, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

Questions about burning one's toast

What is burning one's toast the present participle and gerund of?
Burning one's toast is the present participle and gerund of burn one's toast.

Words near burning one's toast in the dictionary

  1. burning nuclear plasmas
  2. burning off
  3. burning one down
  4. burning one's boats
  5. burning one's bridges
  6. burning one's toast
  7. burning out
  8. burning pavement
  9. burning plasma
  10. burning plasmas
  11. burning question

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