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clearing one's throat

clearing one's throat is the present participle and gerund of clear one's throat.

Meaning of clear one's throat

Verb

clear one's throat (third-person singular simple present clears one's throat, present participle clearing one's throat, simple past and past participle cleared one's throat)

  1. To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expel air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.

Questions about clearing one's throat

What is clearing one's throat the present participle and gerund of?
Clearing one's throat is the present participle and gerund of clear one's throat.

Words near clearing one's throat in the dictionary

  1. clearing houses
  2. clearing nut
  3. clearing nuts
  4. clearing off
  5. clearing one's lines
  6. clearing one's throat
  7. clearing out
  8. clearing saw
  9. clearing saws
  10. clearing station
  11. clearing stations

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