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doing the impossible

doing the impossible is the present participle and gerund of do the impossible.

Meaning of do the impossible

Verb

do the impossible (third-person singular simple present does the impossible, present participle doing the impossible, simple past did the impossible, past participle done the impossible)

  1. To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.
    • Reade's androgyne does the impossible by being not only the product of desire, but also the producer of desire.1998, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Impossible Purities, page 118

Questions about doing the impossible

What is doing the impossible the present participle and gerund of?
Doing the impossible is the present participle and gerund of do the impossible.

Words near doing the impossible in the dictionary

  1. doing the handsome thing
  2. doing the hard yards
  3. doing the honor
  4. doing the honors
  5. doing the honour
  6. doing the impossible
  7. doing the job
  8. doing the math
  9. doing the nasties
  10. doing the nasty
  11. doing the needful

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