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wearing the pants

wearing the pants is the present participle and gerund of wear the pants.

Meaning of wear the pants

Verb

wear the pants (third-person singular simple present wears the pants, present participle wearing the pants, simple past wore the pants, past participle worn the pants)

  1. (US) Synonym of wear the trousers.

Questions about wearing the pants

What is wearing the pants the present participle and gerund of?
Wearing the pants is the present participle and gerund of wear the pants.

Words near wearing the pants in the dictionary

  1. wearing out one's welcome
  2. wearing rose-colored glasses
  3. wearing sackcloth and ashes
  4. wearing something on one's sleeve
  5. wearing the breeches
  6. wearing the pants
  7. wearing the trousers
  8. wearing thin
  9. wearing through
  10. wearing too many hats
  11. wearing up

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