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casting around

casting around is the present participle and gerund of cast around.

Meaning of cast around

Verb

cast around (third-person singular simple present casts around, present participle casting around, simple past and past participle cast around)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cast about.

Questions about casting around

What is casting around the present participle and gerund of?
Casting around is the present participle and gerund of cast around.

Words near casting around in the dictionary

  1. casting about
  2. casting adrift
  3. casting agent
  4. casting agents
  5. casting anchor
  6. casting around
  7. casting aside
  8. casting aspersions
  9. casting away
  10. casting back
  11. casting call

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