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Uriah Heeping

Uriah Heeping is the present participle and gerund of Uriah Heep.

Meaning of Uriah Heep

Verb

Uriah Heep (third-person singular simple present Uriah Heeps, present participle Uriah Heeping, simple past and past participle Uriah Heeped)

  1. To be a yes man, in the style of Uriah Heep.
    • But he'd Uriah-Heeped himself into yet another corner from which she refused to extricate him.1978, Susan Darter Hunt, "A Matter of Irreconcilable Differences", The North American Review, volume 263, No. 1 (Spring, 1978) page 34
    Synonyms:
    brownnose

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Questions about Uriah Heeping

What is Uriah Heeping the present participle and gerund of?
Uriah Heeping is the present participle and gerund of Uriah Heep.

Words near Uriah Heeping in the dictionary

  1. Urhobos
  2. uri
  3. Uriah
  4. Uriah Heep
  5. Uriah Heeped
  6. Uriah Heeping
  7. Uriah Heepish
  8. Uriah Heepishly
  9. Uriah Heepishness
  10. Uriah Heeps
  11. urial

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