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burying the lede

burying the lede is the present participle and gerund of bury the lede.

Meaning of bury the lede

Verb

bury the lede (third-person singular simple present buries the lede, present participle burying the lede, simple past and past participle buried the lede)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
    • The news account started by recounting details of the candidate's appearance and buried the lede by not mentioning his new call for tax reform until the 19th paragraph.

Questions about burying the lede

What is burying the lede the present participle and gerund of?
Burying the lede is the present participle and gerund of bury the lede.

Words near burying the lede in the dictionary

  1. burying beetles
  2. burying ground
  3. burying grounds
  4. burying one's head in the sand
  5. burying the hatchet
  6. burying the lede
  7. burying-ground
  8. burying-grounds
  9. buryingplace
  10. buryingplaces
  11. buryings

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