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setting up one's staff

setting up one's staff is the present participle and gerund of set up one's staff.

Meaning of set up one's staff

Verb

set up one's staff (third-person singular simple present sets up one's staff, present participle setting up one's staff, simple past and past participle set up one's staff)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take up one's residence; to start to live in a certain place

Questions about setting up one's staff

What is setting up one's staff the present participle and gerund of?
Setting up one's staff is the present participle and gerund of set up one's staff.

Words near setting up one's staff in the dictionary

  1. setting to work
  2. setting together by the ears
  3. setting up
  4. setting up camp
  5. setting up one's bristles
  6. setting up one's staff
  7. setting up shop
  8. setting up someone's birse
  9. setting up to oneself
  10. setting upon
  11. setting with

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