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rusting off

rusting off is the present participle and gerund of rust off.

Meaning of rust off

Verb

rust off (third-person singular simple present rusts off, present participle rusting off, simple past and past participle rusted off)

  1. (intransitive) to come apart, from the process of rusting.

Questions about rusting off

What is rusting off the present participle and gerund of?
Rusting off is the present participle and gerund of rust off.

Words near rusting off in the dictionary

  1. rustiest
  2. rustily
  3. Rustin
  4. rustiness
  5. rusting
  6. rusting off
  7. rusting out
  8. rusting through
  9. rustings
  10. Rustins
  11. rustique

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