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cutting swathes

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

Meaning of cut swathes

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic) Synonym of cut a wide swath.
    • Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start.2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian

Questions about cutting swathes

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

Words near cutting swathes in the dictionary

  1. cutting someone off at the knees
  2. cutting someone slack
  3. cutting someone some slack
  4. cutting someone's comb
  5. cutting someone's throat
  6. cutting swathes
  7. cutting the baby in half
  8. cutting the bullshit
  9. cutting the cheese
  10. cutting the coat according to the cloth
  11. cutting the cord

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