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sheltering in place

sheltering in place is the present participle and gerund of shelter in place.

Meaning of shelter in place

Verb

shelter in place (third-person singular simple present shelters in place, present participle sheltering in place, simple past and past participle sheltered in place)

  1. (US) To follow a shelter-in-place strategy.

Questions about sheltering in place

What is sheltering in place the present participle and gerund of?
Sheltering in place is the present participle and gerund of shelter in place.

Words near sheltering in place in the dictionary

  1. shelterees
  2. shelterer
  3. shelterers
  4. shelterin
  5. sheltering
  6. sheltering in place
  7. sheltering-in-place
  8. shelteringly
  9. shelterings
  10. shelterins
  11. shelterless

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