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entering the lists

entering the lists is the present participle and gerund of enter the lists.

Meaning of enter the lists

Verb

enter the lists (third-person singular simple present enters the lists, present participle entering the lists, simple past and past participle entered the lists)

  1. (UK, figuratively) To take part in a struggle or conflict.
    • ...my father, who was infinitely the better politician, and took the lead as far of my uncle Toby in the cabinet, as my uncle Toby took it of him in the field——convinced him, that if the king of Spain and the Emperor went together by the ears, England and France and Holland must, by force of their...1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages 132-133

Questions about entering the lists

What is entering the lists the present participle and gerund of?
Entering the lists is the present participle and gerund of enter the lists.

Words near entering the lists in the dictionary

  1. entering into
  2. entering into the equation
  3. entering on the boards
  4. entering the chat
  5. entering the equation
  6. entering the lists
  7. entering the picture
  8. entering the scene
  9. entering tone
  10. entering tones
  11. enterings

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