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passing the bottle of smoke

passing the bottle of smoke is the present participle and gerund of pass the bottle of smoke.

Meaning of pass the bottle of smoke

Verb

pass the bottle of smoke (third-person singular simple present passes the bottle of smoke, present participle passing the bottle of smoke, simple past and past participle passed the bottle of smoke)

  1. (idiomatic, rare) To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.
    • To help myself in my turn, as the man before me helps himself in his, and pass the bottle of smoke. To keep up the pretence as to labour, and study, and patience, and being devoted to my art, and giving up many solitary days to it, and abandoning many pleasures for it, and living in it, and all the...1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC

Questions about passing the bottle of smoke

What is passing the bottle of smoke the present participle and gerund of?
Passing the bottle of smoke is the present participle and gerund of pass the bottle of smoke.

Words near passing the bottle of smoke in the dictionary

  1. passing shots
  2. passing show
  3. passing shows
  4. passing the bar
  5. passing the baton
  6. passing the bottle of smoke
  7. passing the buck
  8. passing the hat
  9. passing the mantle
  10. passing the phone
  11. passing the pikes

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