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selling the dummy

selling the dummy is the present participle and gerund of sell the dummy.

Meaning of sell the dummy

Verb

sell the dummy (third-person singular simple present sells the dummy, present participle selling the dummy, simple past and past participle sold the dummy)

  1. To succeed in deceiving an opposing player with a feigned action.

Questions about selling the dummy

What is selling the dummy the present participle and gerund of?
Selling the dummy is the present participle and gerund of sell the dummy.

Words near selling the dummy in the dictionary

  1. selling prices
  2. selling salt to a slug
  3. selling short
  4. selling snow to Eskimos
  5. selling someone a bill of goods
  6. selling the dummy
  7. selling the family silver
  8. selling the pass
  9. selling up
  10. selling wolf tickets
  11. selling-plater

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