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coming up with snake eyes

coming up with snake eyes is the present participle and gerund of come up with snake eyes.

Meaning of come up with snake eyes

Verb

come up with snake eyes (third-person singular simple present comes up with snake eyes, present participle coming up with snake eyes, simple past came up with snake eyes, past participle come up with snake eyes)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.

Questions about coming up with snake eyes

What is coming up with snake eyes the present participle and gerund of?
Coming up with snake eyes is the present participle and gerund of come up with snake eyes.

Words near coming up with snake eyes in the dictionary

  1. coming up short
  2. coming up snake eyes
  3. coming up to
  4. coming up trumps
  5. coming up with
  6. coming up with snake eyes
  7. coming up with the goods
  8. coming up with the rations
  9. coming upon
  10. coming with
  11. coming with it

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