putting one's name in the hat
putting one's name in the hat is the present participle of put one's name in the hat.
Meaning of put one's name in the hat
Verb
put one's name in the hat (third-person singular simple present puts one's name in the hat, present participle putting one's name in the hat, simple past and past participle put one's name in the hat)
- To run in an election or to nominate oneself for consideration in some other selection process; to nominate someone other than oneself for such consideration.
- [H]e would not embarrass his friends by running. So they rose up and put his name in the hat—which is exactly what I expected them to do.1996, Lillian Smith, edited by Margaret Rose Gladney, How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith, →ISBN, page 118
- Synonyms:
- throw one's hat in the ring
Questions about putting one's name in the hat
- What is putting one's name in the hat the present participle of?
- Putting one's name in the hat is the present participle of put one's name in the hat.
Words near putting one's name in the hat in the dictionary
- putting one's heart in
- putting one's heart into
- putting one's house in order
- putting one's mind to it
- putting one's money where one's mouth is
- putting one's name in the hat
- putting one's oar in
- putting one's own oxygen mask on first
- putting one's oxygen mask on first
- putting one's pants on one leg at a time
- putting one's shoulder into
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