"dot the i's" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dots the i's [present, singular, third-person], dotting the i's [participle, present], dotted the i's [participle, past], dotted the i's [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|dot<> the i's}} dot the i's (third-person singular simple present dots the i's, present participle dotting the i's, simple past and past participle dotted the i's)
  1. Synonym of dot the i's and cross the t's Synonyms: dot the i's and cross the t's [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-dot_the_i's-en-verb-hgArMN4Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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