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carrying the mail

carrying the mail is the present participle and gerund of carry the mail.

Meaning of carry the mail

Verb

carry the mail (third-person singular simple present carries the mail, present participle carrying the mail, simple past and past participle carried the mail)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.
    • "My objective was to carry the mail for the President, working with the Congress, forging that new bill."1986 January 8, Keith Schneider, “Agriculture Chief to Quit: Reagan Hails Block Tenure”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Mar 2014

Questions about carrying the mail

What is carrying the mail the present participle and gerund of?
Carrying the mail is the present participle and gerund of carry the mail.

Words near carrying the mail in the dictionary

  1. carrying poles
  2. carrying someone's water
  3. carrying the ball
  4. carrying the can
  5. carrying the day
  6. carrying the mail
  7. carrying the mantle
  8. carrying the message to Garcia
  9. carrying the torch
  10. carrying the world before one
  11. carrying through

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