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dot the i's

dot the i's verb: synonym of dot the i's and cross the t's.

Verb

dot the i's (third-person singular simple present dots the i's, present participle dotting the i's, simple past and past participle dotted the i's)

  1. Synonym of dot the i's and cross the t's.
    • And Mussolini obligingly dotted the i’s.1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 115

Synonyms of dot the i's

Forms of dot the i's

third-person singular presentdots the i's
present participledotting the i's
past participledotted the i's
pastdotted the i's

Questions about dot the i's

What does dot the i's mean?
Dot the i's means synonym of dot the i's and cross the t's.
What part of speech is dot the i's?
Dot the i's is a verb.
What is the past tense of dot the i's?
The past tense of dot the i's is dotted the i's.

Words near dot the i's in the dictionary

  1. dot points
  2. dot product
  3. dot products
  4. dot release
  5. dot releases
  6. dot the i's
  7. dot the i's and cross the t's
  8. dot to dot
  9. dot to dots
  10. dot-and-carry-one
  11. dot-and-go-one

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