Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borrowing from peter to pay paul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
bor-row-ing from peter -to -pay -paul
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
6
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of borrow from Peter to pay Paul

Questions

What does borrowing from peter to pay paul mean?
present participle and gerund of borrow from Peter to pay Paul

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