Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bringing a knife to a gunfight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
bring-ing a knife -to a -gun-fight
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bring a knife to a gunfight

Questions

What does bringing a knife to a gunfight mean?
present participle and gerund of bring a knife to a gunfight

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