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slinging over

slinging over is the present participle and gerund of sling over.

Meaning of sling over

Verb

sling over (third-person singular simple present slings over, present participle slinging over, simple past and past participle slung over)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sling, over.
  2. (Australia, dated, slang) To abandon (something); to stop (an activity) or to stop trying at (an activity); to dump (something).
    • She slung over everything to be here today.

Questions about slinging over

What is slinging over the present participle and gerund of?
Slinging over is the present participle and gerund of sling over.

Words near slinging over in the dictionary

  1. slinging it in
  2. slinging off
  3. slinging one up
  4. slinging one's hook
  5. slinging out
  6. slinging over
  7. slinging the hatchet
  8. slinging to
  9. slinging up
  10. slingjaw wrasse
  11. slingjaw wrasses

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