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picking a lane

picking a lane is the present participle and gerund of pick a lane.

Meaning of pick a lane

Verb

pick a lane (third-person singular simple present picks a lane, present participle picking a lane, simple past and past participle picked a lane)

  1. To commit to an approach to something.
    • "We both looked at the business and said, 'You know what? We still have over 100 million people using us worldwide. We have to pick a lane as to what we're going to be,'" Hirschhorn said.2010, Jason Hirschhorn, quoted in Dawn C. Chmielewski and Jessica Guynn, "MySpace looks to the past for its future", Los Angeles Times (March 10, 2010), p. B3

Questions about picking a lane

What is picking a lane the present participle and gerund of?
Picking a lane is the present participle and gerund of pick a lane.

Words near picking a lane in the dictionary

  1. pickin' and grinnin'
  2. pickiness
  3. picking
  4. picking a fight
  5. picking a hole in someone's coat
  6. picking a lane
  7. picking a quarrel
  8. picking and choosing
  9. picking and grinning
  10. picking and passing
  11. picking apart

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