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pitting out

pitting out is the present participle of pit out.

Meaning of pit out

Verb

pit out (third-person singular simple present pits out, present participle pitting out, simple past and past participle pitted out)

  1. (intransitive, car racing) To leave the pits and go out onto the race track
  2. (intransitive) To stop working
  3. (intransitive) To show sweat on one's clothes, especially around the armpits.
    • It was so hot, I was starting to pit out by mid-morning.
  4. (transitive) To make sweaty (of clothes).
    • At this rate, he was going to pit out his dress shirt, and he didn't have anything to change into before the meeting.

Questions about pitting out

What is pitting out the present participle of?
Pitting out is the present participle of pit out.

Words near pitting out in the dictionary

  1. pittiful
  2. pitting
  3. pitting against
  4. pitting corrosion
  5. pitting one's wits
  6. pitting out
  7. pitting resistance equivalent number
  8. pitting resistance equivalent numbers
  9. Pittinger
  10. pittings
  11. Pittington

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