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darkening someone's door

darkening someone's door is the present participle and gerund of darken someone's door.

Meaning of darken someone's door

Verb

darken someone's door (third-person singular simple present darkens someone's door, present participle darkening someone's door, simple past and past participle darkened someone's door)

  1. (idiomatic) To arrive at someone's residence or location, especially as an unexpected visitor.
    • "I'll tell you, Peter," said I, "were I my lord, and a friend or kinsman of mine should leave the town while the court was sitting, that kinsman, or be he what he liked, should never darken my door again."1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet, Letter 13

Questions about darkening someone's door

What is darkening someone's door the present participle and gerund of?
Darkening someone's door is the present participle and gerund of darken someone's door.

Words near darkening someone's door in the dictionary

  1. darkenest
  2. darkeneth
  3. darkening
  4. darkening a church door
  5. darkening down
  6. darkening someone's door
  7. darkening up
  8. darkeningly
  9. darkenings
  10. darkens
  11. darkens a church door

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