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putting ahead

putting ahead is the present participle and gerund of put ahead.

Meaning of put ahead

Verb

put ahead (third-person singular simple present puts ahead, present participle putting ahead, simple past and past participle put ahead)

  1. To treat something as more important than something else.

Questions about putting ahead

What is putting ahead the present participle and gerund of?
Putting ahead is the present participle and gerund of put ahead.

Words near putting ahead in the dictionary

  1. putting a sock in it
  2. putting a spoke in someone's wheel
  3. putting a stop to
  4. putting about
  5. putting across
  6. putting ahead
  7. putting all one's eggs in one basket
  8. putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it
  9. putting an end to
  10. putting around
  11. putting aside

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