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walking down

walking down is the present participle and gerund of walk down.

Meaning of walk down

Verb

walk down (third-person singular simple present walks down, present participle walking down, simple past and past participle walked down)

  1. (transitive) To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's punches.
    • He's relentlessly walking him down.
  2. (slang) To be defeated, especially in one-sided or embarrassing fashion.

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What is walking down the present participle and gerund of?
Walking down is the present participle and gerund of walk down.

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