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folding one's arms

folding one's arms is the present participle and gerund of fold one's arms.

Meaning of fold one's arms

Verb

fold one's arms (third-person singular simple present folds one's arms, present participle folding one's arms, simple past and past participle folded one's arms)

  1. Synonym of cross one's arms.
    • They stepped to the sidewalk, looked in an around. Nick folded his arms.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 34, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 171

Questions about folding one's arms

What is folding one's arms the present participle and gerund of?
Folding one's arms is the present participle and gerund of fold one's arms.

Words near folding one's arms in the dictionary

  1. folding like a cheap suit
  2. folding like a cheap suitcase
  3. folding like a cheap tent
  4. folding like a lawn chair
  5. folding money
  6. folding one's arms
  7. folding one's tent
  8. folding out
  9. folding rooftop
  10. folding rooftops
  11. folding screen

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