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contracting out of

contracting out of is the present participle and gerund of contract out of.

Meaning of contract out of

Verb

contract out of (third-person singular simple present contracts out of, present participle contracting out of, simple past and past participle contracted out of)

  1. (transitive) To officially leave an agreement.
    • The department contracted out of that deal ages ago.

Questions about contracting out of

What is contracting out of the present participle and gerund of?
Contracting out of is the present participle and gerund of contract out of.

Words near contracting out of in the dictionary

  1. contractile vacuoles
  2. contractilities
  3. contractility
  4. contracting
  5. contracting out
  6. contracting out of
  7. contractings
  8. contraction
  9. contractional
  10. contractionary
  11. contractionless

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