Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borrowed from peter to pay paul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
bor-rowed from peter -to -pay -paul
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does borrowed from peter to pay paul mean?
simple past and past participle of borrow from Peter to pay Paul

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