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lifting all boats

lifting all boats is the present participle and gerund of lift all boats.

Meaning of lift all boats

Verb

lift all boats (third-person singular simple present lifts all boats, present participle lifting all boats, simple past and past participle lifted all boats)

  1. (idiomatic) To benefit all participants; to have a wide-ranging positive effect.
    • “The strong demand for labor has lifted all boats in the American economy and we are no exception,” Price said.2000 July 26, Paul Shepard, “Report on black Americans both encouraging and sobering”, in Arlington Star-Telegram, volume 95, number 92, page 4A

Questions about lifting all boats

What is lifting all boats the present participle and gerund of?
Lifting all boats is the present participle and gerund of lift all boats.

Words near lifting all boats in the dictionary

  1. liftin
  2. lifting
  3. lifting a finger
  4. lifting agent
  5. lifting agents
  6. lifting all boats
  7. lifting boss
  8. lifting bosses
  9. lifting bridge
  10. lifting bridges
  11. lifting chalk

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