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casting one's net wide

casting one's net wide is the present participle and gerund of cast one's net wide.

Meaning of cast one's net wide

Verb

cast one's net wide (third-person singular simple present casts one's net wide, present participle casting one's net wide, simple past and past participle cast one's net wide)

  1. (figuratively) To attempt a large number and variety of options.

Questions about casting one's net wide

What is casting one's net wide the present participle and gerund of?
Casting one's net wide is the present participle and gerund of cast one's net wide.

Words near casting one's net wide in the dictionary

  1. casting oil on troubled waters
  2. casting on
  3. casting one's bread upon the waters
  4. casting one's mind back
  5. casting one's net far and wide
  6. casting one's net wide
  7. casting one's net wider
  8. casting one's vote
  9. casting out
  10. casting out the Devil with Beelzebub
  11. casting over

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