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the sun is setting on something

the sun is setting on something is the gerund of the sun sets on something.

Meaning of the sun sets on something

Phrase

the sun sets on something

  1. (idiomatic) Something comes to an end.
    • As the sun set on his running career, McGough – pronounced “McGeow” in Monaghan – reinvented himself as a masseur, learning that trade first via the Celtic football team.2018 February 16, Frank McNally, “All-Star (and Ulster) Scot – An Irishman’s Diary about The Runner McGough”, in The Irish Times

Questions about the sun is setting on something

What is the sun is setting on something the gerund of?
The sun is setting on something is the gerund of the sun sets on something.

Words near the sun is setting on something in the dictionary

  1. the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must
  2. the struggle is real
  3. the stuffing out of
  4. The Stukeleys
  5. the sun is over the yardarm
  6. the sun is setting on something
  7. the sun sets on something
  8. the switch in time that saved nine
  9. the tackies hit the tar
  10. the tail wags the dog
  11. the tar out of

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