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covering shorts

covering shorts is the present participle and gerund of cover shorts.

Meaning of cover shorts

Verb

cover shorts (third-person singular simple present covers shorts, present participle covering shorts, simple past and past participle covered shorts)

  1. To buy in such stocks as have been sold short, in order to meet one's engagements, etc.

Questions about covering shorts

What is covering shorts the present participle and gerund of?
Covering shorts is the present participle and gerund of cover shorts.

Words near covering shorts in the dictionary

  1. covering one's back
  2. covering one's bases
  3. covering one's feet
  4. covering one's tracks
  5. covering oneself in glory
  6. covering shorts
  7. covering sickness
  8. covering someone's ass
  9. covering space
  10. covering spaces
  11. covering the buckle

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