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casting one's vote

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

Meaning of cast one's vote

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To vote for something.

Questions about casting one's vote

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

Words near casting one's vote in the dictionary

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

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