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racing out of the traps

racing out of the traps is the present participle and gerund of race out of the traps.

Meaning of race out of the traps

Verb

race out of the traps (third-person singular simple present races out of the traps, present participle racing out of the traps, simple past and past participle raced out of the traps)

  1. (idiomatic) To start something very quickly.
    • As if spurred on by the recent barbs and an increasingly perilous league position, Hughes's side raced out of the traps, starting the game as though Premier League survival depended on the result of this encounter.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC

Questions about racing out of the traps

What is racing out of the traps the present participle and gerund of?
Racing out of the traps is the present participle and gerund of race out of the traps.

Words near racing out of the traps in the dictionary

  1. racing greens
  2. racing jack
  3. racing jacks
  4. racing line
  5. racing off
  6. racing out of the traps
  7. racing pigeon
  8. racing pigeons
  9. racing prototype
  10. racing prototypes
  11. racing stripe

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