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pulling the shutters down

pulling the shutters down is the present participle and gerund of pull the shutters down.

Meaning of pull the shutters down

Verb

pull the shutters down (third-person singular simple present pulls the shutters down, present participle pulling the shutters down, simple past and past participle pulled the shutters down)

  1. (idiomatic) To shut down, terminate, or ignore.
    • There are times when we have to pull the shutters down on all the irritating aspects of our lives and retreat into the peace and quiet of our own inner dreamworld where the sun is shining and we are doing our own thing.1987, Eric Taylor, Be Fit Through Your Forties, page 68

Questions about pulling the shutters down

What is pulling the shutters down the present participle and gerund of?
Pulling the shutters down is the present participle and gerund of pull the shutters down.

Words near pulling the shutters down in the dictionary

  1. pulling the other leg
  2. pulling the pin
  3. pulling the plug
  4. pulling the rug
  5. pulling the rug out from under
  6. pulling the shutters down
  7. pulling the string
  8. pulling the trigger
  9. pulling the wires
  10. pulling the wool over someone's eyes
  11. pulling through

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