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Tom Sawyering

Tom Sawyering is the present participle and gerund of Tom Sawyer.

Meaning of Tom Sawyer

Verb

Tom Sawyer (third-person singular simple present Tom Sawyers, present participle Tom Sawyering, simple past and past participle Tom Sawyered)

  1. To convince someone to volunteer, especially to do something which one should do oneself.

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Questions about Tom Sawyering

What is Tom Sawyering the present participle and gerund of?
Tom Sawyering is the present participle and gerund of Tom Sawyer.

Words near Tom Sawyering in the dictionary

  1. Tom of Bedlam's man
  2. Tom of Bedlam's men
  3. Tom Sawyer
  4. Tom Sawyered
  5. Tom Sawyeresque
  6. Tom Sawyering
  7. Tom Sawyers
  8. Tom Swiftie
  9. Tom Swifties
  10. Tom Swifty
  11. Tom Thumb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tom Sawyering (page history and authors); Tom Sawyer (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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