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shutting of

shutting of is the present participle and gerund of shut of.

Meaning of shut of

Verb

shut of (third-person singular simple present shuts of, present participle shutting of, simple past and past participle shut of)

  1. (dated, transitive) To be rid of (something or someone).

Questions about shutting of

What is shutting of the present participle and gerund of?
Shutting of is the present participle and gerund of shut of.

Words near shutting of in the dictionary

  1. shuttin'
  2. shutting
  3. shutting away
  4. shutting down
  5. shutting in
  6. shutting of
  7. shutting off
  8. shutting one's eyes
  9. shutting one's eyes and thinking of England
  10. shutting one's face
  11. shutting one's gob

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shutting of (page history and authors); shut of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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