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combing through

combing through is the present participle and gerund of comb through.

Meaning of comb through

Verb

comb through (third-person singular simple present combs through, present participle combing through, simple past and past participle combed through)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To examine scrupulously.
    • Near-synonym: pore over

Questions about combing through

What is combing through the present participle and gerund of?
Combing through is the present participle and gerund of comb through.

Words near combing through in the dictionary

  1. combing out
  2. combing over
  3. combing ridge
  4. combing ridges
  5. combing someone's hair the wrong way
  6. combing through
  7. combings
  8. combining
  9. combining character
  10. combining characters
  11. combining form

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Adapted from Wiktionary: combing through (page history and authors); comb through (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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