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nodding through

nodding through is the present participle and gerund of nod through.

Meaning of nod through

Verb

nod through (third-person singular simple present nods through, present participle nodding through, simple past and past participle nodded through)

  1. (transitive) to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.
    • […]burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

Questions about nodding through

What is nodding through the present participle and gerund of?
Nodding through is the present participle and gerund of nod through.

Words near nodding through in the dictionary

  1. nodding onion
  2. nodding out
  3. nodding syndrome
  4. nodding thistle
  5. nodding thistles
  6. nodding through
  7. nodding trillium
  8. nodding wakerobin
  9. noddingly
  10. noddings
  11. noddle

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