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dotting the i's

dotting the i's is the present participle and gerund of dot the i's.

Meaning of dot the i'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

Questions about dotting the i's

What is dotting the i's the present participle and gerund of?
Dotting the i's is the present participle and gerund of dot the i's.

Words near dotting the i's in the dictionary

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

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