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showing a clean pair of heels

showing a clean pair of heels is the present participle and gerund of show a clean pair of heels.

Meaning of show a clean pair of heels

Verb

show a clean pair of heels (third-person singular simple present shows a clean pair of heels, present participle showing a clean pair of heels, simple past showed a clean pair of heels, past participle shown a clean pair of heels)

  1. (idiomatic) To run away; to make an escape quickly.
    • ‘[...]No, gentlemen; he'll always show ’em a clean pair of heels very early in the scuffle, and sneak away.’1859, Charles Dickens, edited by Richard Maxwell, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Penguin Classics, published 2003, →ISBN, Chapter XXIV, page 249

Questions about showing a clean pair of heels

What is showing a clean pair of heels the present participle and gerund of?
Showing a clean pair of heels is the present participle and gerund of show a clean pair of heels.

Words near showing a clean pair of heels in the dictionary

  1. showily
  2. showin'
  3. showiness
  4. showinesses
  5. showing
  6. showing a clean pair of heels
  7. showing a leg
  8. showing ankle
  9. showing around
  10. showing away
  11. showing cause

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