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lingering out

lingering out is the present participle and gerund of linger out.

Meaning of linger out

Verb

linger out (third-person singular simple present lingers out, present participle lingering out, simple past and past participle lingered out)

  1. (transitive) To pass in a tedious manner.
    • to linger out a miserable life

Questions about lingering out

What is lingering out the present participle and gerund of?
Lingering out is the present participle and gerund of linger out.

Words near lingering out in the dictionary

  1. lingeried
  2. lingeries
  3. lingerin'
  4. lingering
  5. lingering on
  6. lingering out
  7. lingeringly
  8. lingeringness
  9. lingerings
  10. lingerly
  11. lingers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lingering out (page history and authors); linger out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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