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dotting down

dotting down is the present participle and gerund of dot down.

Meaning of dot down

Verb

dot down (third-person singular simple present dots down, present participle dotting down, simple past and past participle dotted down)

  1. To score a try
    • […]Makazole Mapimpi became the first Springbok try scorer in a RWC final when he dotted down in the 67th minute.2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times

Questions about dotting down

What is dotting down the present participle and gerund of?
Dotting down is the present participle and gerund of dot down.

Words near dotting down in the dictionary

  1. dottily
  2. dottiness
  3. dottinesses
  4. dotting
  5. dotting and carrying
  6. dotting down
  7. dotting the i's
  8. dotting the i's and crossing the t's
  9. dottings
  10. dottle
  11. dottled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dotting down (page history and authors); dot down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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