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raising one's head

raising one's head is the present participle and gerund of raise one's head.

Meaning of raise one's head

Verb

raise one's head (third-person singular simple present raises one's head, present participle raising one's head, simple past and past participle raised one's head)

  1. Synonym of rear one's head.
    • At this point, a supermartingale convergence theorem raises its ugly head again.2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 25
    Synonyms:
    rear one's head

Questions about raising one's head

What is raising one's head the present participle and gerund of?
Raising one's head is the present participle and gerund of raise one's head.

Words near raising one's head in the dictionary

  1. raising hell
  2. raising hob
  3. raising one's eyebrows
  4. raising one's game
  5. raising one's glass
  6. raising one's head
  7. raising one's voice
  8. raising oneself up by one's bootstraps
  9. raising oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  10. raising piece
  11. raising pieces

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