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ruling OK

ruling OK is the present participle and gerund of rule OK.

Meaning of rule OK

Verb

rule OK (third-person singular simple present rules OK, present participle ruling OK, simple past and past participle ruled OK)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To be popularly accepted, or supported by the general majority of people.
    • Yet nationalism rules OK across most public management.2006 May 31, David Walker, “Beware leadership by syringe.”, in The Guardian

Questions about ruling OK

What is ruling OK the present participle and gerund of?
Ruling OK is the present participle and gerund of rule OK.

Words near ruling OK in the dictionary

  1. ruling grades
  2. ruling gradient
  3. ruling gradients
  4. ruling in
  5. ruling off
  6. ruling OK
  7. ruling on
  8. ruling out
  9. ruling pen
  10. ruling pens
  11. ruling planet

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