Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burnt one's bridges

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
burn-t one's bridges
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does burnt one's bridges mean?
simple past and past participle of burn one's bridges

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