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house-arresting

house-arresting is the present participle and gerund of house-arrest.

Meaning of house-arrest

Verb

house-arrest (third-person singular simple present house-arrests, present participle house-arresting, simple past and past participle house-arrested)

  1. To put on house arrest; to legally confine someone to their house.

Questions about house-arresting

What is house-arresting the present participle and gerund of?
House-arresting is the present participle and gerund of house-arrest.

Words near house-arresting in the dictionary

  1. house wines
  2. house wren
  3. house wrens
  4. house-arrest
  5. house-arrested
  6. house-arresting
  7. house-arrests
  8. house-barn
  9. house-barns
  10. house-bote
  11. house-botes

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