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cracking the flags

cracking the flags is the present participle and gerund of crack the flags.

Meaning of crack the flags

Verb

crack the flags (third-person singular simple present cracks the flags, present participle cracking the flags, simple past and past participle cracked the flags)

  1. (Northern, UK, colloquial) Of the sun or sunshine: to beat down very strongly; to be extremely hot.
    • Early summer sunshine threatened to crack the flags outside.1998, Julia Wild, Blue Silk Promise, page 80

Questions about cracking the flags

What is cracking the flags the present participle and gerund of?
Cracking the flags is the present participle and gerund of crack the flags.

Words near cracking the flags in the dictionary

  1. cracking one off
  2. cracking onto
  3. cracking open
  4. cracking out
  5. cracking someone's egg
  6. cracking the flags
  7. cracking through
  8. cracking up
  9. cracking wise
  10. crackings
  11. crackjaw

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