Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

change horses in mid-stream

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: change hors-es in mid-stream
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of change horses in midstream.

Example Sentences

"“It is not good to change horses in mid-stream”, is what the famous American President Abraham Lincoln said."
"Buoyed by that success, I was eager to disprove the myth that, “You can't change horses in mid-stream.”"
"The excuse given by his Democrat Party was that the war was going on, and it was not wise to “change horses in mid-stream,” as the popular phrase was used during the months of electioneering before the votes were cast."

Inflected Forms

changes horses in mid-stream (present, singular) changing horses in mid-stream (participle, present) changed horses in mid-stream (participle, past) changed horses in mid-stream (past)

Questions

What does change horses in mid-stream mean?: Alternative form of change horses in midstream.

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