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dancing out

dancing out is the present participle and gerund of dance out.

Meaning of dance out

Verb

dance out (third-person singular simple present dances out, present participle dancing out, simple past and past participle danced out)

  1. To reveal (a mystery) through dance; to express (something) by dancing; to act out in dance.
    • But this much all men know, that most people say of those who reveal the mysteries, that they "dance them out."1893, Andrew Lang, Custom and Myth, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 42

Questions about dancing out

What is dancing out the present participle and gerund of?
Dancing out is the present participle and gerund of dance out.

Words near dancing out in the dictionary

  1. dancing manias
  2. dancing master's kit
  3. dancing master's kits
  4. dancing on nothing
  5. dancing on someone's grave
  6. dancing out
  7. dancing plant
  8. dancing school
  9. dancing the Tyburn jig
  10. dancing to a different tune
  11. dancing to a new tune

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