gapping it
gapping it is the present participle and gerund of gap it.
Meaning of gap it
Verb
gap it (third-person singular simple present gaps it, present participle gapping it, simple past and past participle gapped it)
- Of a white inhabitant of Rhodesia: to emigrate from the country during its transition to independence.
- […] but that he would out-think and out-manoeuvre whatever they could throw at us and if we had to gap it because the odds were insurmountable, who better to be with than Darrell.2015, Hannes Wessels, A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia, page 265
- Synonyms:
- take the gap
Questions about gapping it
- What is gapping it the present participle and gerund of?
- Gapping it is the present participle and gerund of gap it.
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