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buying the rack

buying the rack is the present participle and gerund of buy the rack.

Meaning of buy the rack

Verb

buy the rack (third-person singular simple present buys the rack, present participle buying the rack, simple past and past participle bought the rack)

  1. To place bets on all possible combinations for the daily double.
    • If there are ten horses in each race, there are 100 possible selections, and the total cost of “buying the rack” would be $200.1949, Ernest Evred Blanche, You Can't Win: Facts and Fallacies about Gambling, page 66

Questions about buying the rack

What is buying the rack the present participle and gerund of?
Buying the rack is the present participle and gerund of buy the rack.

Words near buying the rack in the dictionary

  1. buying temperatures
  2. buying the big one
  3. buying the dip
  4. buying the dips
  5. buying the rabbit
  6. buying the rack
  7. buying the rumor
  8. buying time
  9. buying to let
  10. buying up
  11. buying with one's ears

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