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cutting one's stick

cutting one's stick is the present participle and gerund of cut one's stick.

Meaning of cut one's stick

Verb

cut one's stick (third-person singular simple present cuts one's stick, present participle cutting one's stick, simple past and past participle cut one's stick)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To depart.

Questions about cutting one's stick

What is cutting one's stick the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting one's stick is the present participle and gerund of cut one's stick.

Words near cutting one's stick in the dictionary

  1. cutting one's coat according to one's cloth
  2. cutting one's eyeteeth
  3. cutting one's losses
  4. cutting one's lucky
  5. cutting one's own throat
  6. cutting one's stick
  7. cutting one's teeth
  8. cutting out
  9. cutting out the middleman
  10. cutting red tape
  11. cutting room

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