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crowning it all

crowning it all is the present participle and gerund of crown it all.

Meaning of crown it all

Verb

crown it all (third-person singular simple present crowns it all, present participle crowning it all, simple past and past participle crowned it all)

  1. (UK) To be the final, or last-mentioned, event or occurrence in a series of particularly favourable / fortunate or unfavourable / unfortunate events.
    • A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611

Questions about crowning it all

What is crowning it all the present participle and gerund of?
Crowning it all is the present participle and gerund of crown it all.

Words near crowning it all in the dictionary

  1. crowngrasses
  2. crowning
  3. crowning achievement
  4. crowning achievements
  5. crowning glory
  6. crowning it all
  7. crowningly
  8. crownings
  9. crownland
  10. crownlands
  11. crownless

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