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understanding trap

understanding trap is the present participle and gerund of understand trap.

Meaning of understand trap

Verb

understand trap (third-person singular simple present understands trap, present participle understanding trap, simple past and past participle understood trap)

  1. (obsolete, slang) To be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on.
    • ‘Yes! yes!’ said Mr Doughty, another tradesman, ‘we understand trap, and so does our good neighbour.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 345

Questions about understanding trap

What is understanding trap the present participle and gerund of?
Understanding trap is the present participle and gerund of understand trap.

Words near understanding trap in the dictionary

  1. understandeth
  2. understandible
  3. understandin'
  4. understanding
  5. understanding the assignment
  6. understanding trap
  7. understandingly
  8. understandingness
  9. understandings
  10. understands
  11. understands the assignment

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