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cutting about

cutting about is the present participle and gerund of cut about.

Meaning of cut about

Verb

cut about (third-person singular simple present cuts about, present participle cutting about, simple past and past participle cut about)

  1. (Scotland, idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To go around (move from person to person).
    • Calum’s always cutting about spouting shite about his pals.

Questions about cutting about

What is cutting about the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting about is the present participle and gerund of cut about.

Words near cutting about in the dictionary

  1. cutting a rug
  2. cutting a shine
  3. cutting a swath
  4. cutting a wide swath
  5. cutting a wide swathe
  6. cutting about
  7. cutting across
  8. cutting age
  9. cutting along
  10. cutting and carving
  11. cutting away

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