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cocking one's toes

cocking one's toes is the present participle and gerund of cock one's toes.

Meaning of cock one's toes

Verb

cock one's toes (third-person singular simple present cocks one's toes, present participle cocking one's toes, simple past and past participle cocked one's toes)

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang) To die.
    • I'll be well pickled by the time I'm ready to cock my toes!1951, The Irish Monthly, volume 79, page 191

Questions about cocking one's toes

What is cocking one's toes the present participle and gerund of?
Cocking one's toes is the present participle and gerund of cock one's toes.

Words near cocking one's toes in the dictionary

  1. cocking it over
  2. cocking of a snook
  3. cocking of snooks
  4. cocking off
  5. cocking on
  6. cocking one's toes
  7. cocking up
  8. cockings
  9. Cockins
  10. cockish
  11. cockknocker

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