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unmasking one's batteries

unmasking one's batteries is the present participle and gerund of unmask one's batteries.

Meaning of unmask one's batteries

Verb

unmask one's batteries (third-person singular simple present unmasks one's batteries, present participle unmasking one's batteries, simple past and past participle unmasked one's batteries)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To begin a decisive action, especially one that reveals one’s true strength or character.
    • “Your father is fond of surprises, as you must have seen,” Cuthbert rejoined. “He won’t unmask his batteries till all is ready for action.”1858, William Harrison Ainsworth, Mervyn Clitheroe, volume 2, page 278
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unmask, battery.

Questions about unmasking one's batteries

What is unmasking one's batteries the present participle and gerund of?
Unmasking one's batteries is the present participle and gerund of unmask one's batteries.

Words near unmasking one's batteries in the dictionary

  1. unmasked
  2. unmasked one's batteries
  3. unmasker
  4. unmaskers
  5. unmasking
  6. unmasking one's batteries
  7. unmaskings
  8. unmasks
  9. unmasks one's batteries
  10. unmaskt
  11. unmasochistic

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