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outtaking

outtaking is the present participle and gerund of outtake.

Meaning of outtake

Verb

outtake (third-person singular simple present outtakes, present participle outtaking, simple past outtook, past participle outtaken)

  1. (transitive) To take out, remove.
  2. (obsolete) To except.
    • it happed the kynge and launcelot stode in a wyndowe / and sawe syre Tristram ryde and Isoud / Syre sayd Launcelot yonder rydeth the fayrest lady of the world excepte youre quene Dame Gueneuer / who is that said sir Arthur / Sir sayd he / it is quene Isoud that oute taken my lady your quene she is...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X

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Questions about outtaking

What is outtaking the present participle and gerund of?
Outtaking is the present participle and gerund of outtake.

Words near outtaking in the dictionary

  1. outtackles
  2. outtackling
  3. outtake
  4. outtaken
  5. outtakes
  6. outtaking
  7. outtalent
  8. outtalented
  9. outtalenting
  10. outtalents
  11. outtalk

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