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gaveling out

gaveling out is the present participle and gerund of gavel out.

Meaning of gavel out

Verb

gavel out (third-person singular simple present gavels out, present participle (US) gaveling out or (UK) gavelling out, simple past and past participle (US) gaveled out or (UK) gavelled out)

  1. To bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.
    • After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.2023 June 10, Patricia Murphy, “OPINION: ‘Atlanta way’ long gone as city leaders face death threats over training center”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Questions about gaveling out

What is gaveling out the present participle and gerund of?
Gaveling out is the present participle and gerund of gavel out.

Words near gaveling out in the dictionary

  1. gavelet
  2. gavelets
  3. gavelinellid
  4. gavelinellids
  5. gaveling
  6. gaveling out
  7. gaveling to order
  8. gavelkind
  9. gavelkinder
  10. gavelkinders
  11. gavelkinds

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