Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brought a knife to a gunfight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
brought a knife -to a -gun-fight
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does brought a knife to a gunfight mean?
simple past and past participle of bring a knife to a gunfight

How to pronounce brought a knife to a gunfight

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