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buttering one's bread on both sides

buttering one's bread on both sides is the present participle and gerund of butter one's bread on both sides.

Meaning of butter one's bread on both sides

Verb

butter one's bread on both sides (third-person singular simple present butters one's bread on both sides, present participle buttering one's bread on both sides, simple past and past participle buttered one's bread on both sides)

  1. (idiomatic) To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.

Questions about buttering one's bread on both sides

What is buttering one's bread on both sides the present participle and gerund of?
Buttering one's bread on both sides is the present participle and gerund of butter one's bread on both sides.

Words near buttering one's bread on both sides in the dictionary

  1. butterine
  2. butterines
  3. butteriness
  4. buttering
  5. buttering down
  6. buttering one's bread on both sides
  7. buttering out
  8. buttering someone's biscuit
  9. buttering the cony
  10. buttering up
  11. butterings

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