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walking the gangplank

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

Meaning of walk the gangplank

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of walk the plank.
    • I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career.2001, Richard Haddock, The Ninth Sabbat
    Synonyms:
    walk the plank
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank.
    • We walk the gangplank together, locked arm in arm.2008, Kaiser Kuo, The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006

Questions about walking the gangplank

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

Words near walking the gangplank in the dictionary

  1. walking the chalk
  2. walking the chalk line
  3. walking the chalk mark
  4. walking the dog
  5. walking the floor
  6. walking the gangplank
  7. walking the hospitals
  8. walking the line
  9. walking the plank
  10. walking the streets
  11. walking the talk

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