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shifts the cut

shifts the cut is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shift the cut.

Meaning of shift the cut

Verb

shift the cut (third-person singular simple present shifts the cut, present participle shifting the cut, simple past and past participle shifted the cut)

  1. To surreptitiously restore a deck of cards to their original sequence after having cut the deck.
    • In the average game where the players keep their hands, and arms also, on the table there is little opportunity to shift the cut.1902, S. W. Erdnase, Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards

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What is shifts the cut the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shifts the cut is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shift the cut.

Words near shifts the cut in the dictionary

  1. shifts ground
  2. shifts in
  3. shifts off
  4. shifts one's ground
  5. shifts out
  6. shifts the cut
  7. shifts the deckchairs on the Titanic
  8. shifts the dial
  9. shifts the goalposts
  10. shiftwork
  11. shiftworker

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