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doing with mirrors

doing with mirrors is the present participle and gerund of do with mirrors.

Meaning of do with mirrors

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To perform a magic trick or produce an optical illusion with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To do something as if by magic; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.

Questions about doing with mirrors

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

Words near doing with mirrors in the dictionary

  1. doing up
  2. doing violence to
  3. doing well
  4. doing well by doing good
  5. doing well for oneself
  6. doing with mirrors
  7. doing without
  8. doing wonders
  9. doingness
  10. doings
  11. doink

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