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nudging out

nudging out is the present participle and gerund of nudge out.

Meaning of nudge out

Verb

nudge out (third-person singular simple present nudges out, present participle nudging out, simple past and past participle nudged out)

  1. To expel, knock out by a small margin.
    • But the protests were in vain as the Championship high-fliers - and 2008 FA Cup finalists - battled valiantly but were nudged out by a Premier League side in a match that failed to spark into life.2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC

Questions about nudging out

What is nudging out the present participle and gerund of?
Nudging out is the present participle and gerund of nudge out.

Words near nudging out in the dictionary

  1. nudges
  2. nudges ahead
  3. nudges out
  4. nudging
  5. nudging ahead
  6. nudging out
  7. nudgingly
  8. nudgings
  9. nudgy
  10. nudi
  11. nudibranch

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