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hiding one's light under a bushel

hiding one's light under a bushel is the present participle and gerund of hide one's light under a bushel.

Meaning of hide one's light under a bushel

Verb

hide one's light under a bushel (third-person singular simple present hides one's light under a bushel, present participle hiding one's light under a bushel, simple past hid one's light under a bushel, past participle hidden one's light under a bushel)

  1. (idiomatic) To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention.
    • O then doe not knit vp your Maſters talent in a Napkin; ſmother not his light vnder a buſhell; […] but aboue all, ſquander not avvay your rich portions by riotous living.[1624 March 23 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Saunderson [i.e., Robert Sanderson], “[Ad Clerum.] The Third Sermon. At a Visitation at Boston Lincoln[shire] 13. March. 1624.”, in Twelve...

Questions about hiding one's light under a bushel

What is hiding one's light under a bushel the present participle and gerund of?
Hiding one's light under a bushel is the present participle and gerund of hide one's light under a bushel.

Words near hiding one's light under a bushel in the dictionary

  1. Hidimbā
  2. hiding
  3. hiding away
  4. hiding behind
  5. hiding in plain sight
  6. hiding one's light under a bushel
  7. hiding out
  8. hiding place
  9. hiding places
  10. hiding the ball
  11. hiding the salami

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