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parking the bus

parking the bus is the present participle and gerund of park the bus.

Meaning of park the bus

Verb

park the bus (third-person singular simple present parks the bus, present participle parking the bus, simple past and past participle parked the bus)

  1. (idiomatic) To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.
    • England goalkeeper Gordon Banks resisted everything Liverpool threw at him that day, as City parked the bus and banked on snatching the vital single goal and then holding on.2011, John Williams, Red Men: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see park, bus.

Questions about parking the bus

What is parking the bus the present participle and gerund of?
Parking the bus is the present participle and gerund of park the bus.

Words near parking the bus in the dictionary

  1. parking spots
  2. parking stop
  3. parking strip
  4. parking that thought
  5. parking the beef bus in tuna town
  6. parking the bus
  7. parking ticket
  8. parking tickets
  9. parking up
  10. parking violation
  11. parking violations

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