Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borrow from peter to pay paul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: bor-row from peter -to -pay -paul
IPA

43

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of rob Peter to pay Paul.

Inflected Forms

borrows from Peter to pay Paul (present, singular) borrowing from Peter to pay Paul (participle, present) borrowed from Peter to pay Paul (participle, past) borrowed from Peter to pay Paul (past)

Questions

What does borrow from peter to pay paul mean?: Alternative form of rob Peter to pay Paul.

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