Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross the t's and dot the i's

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: cross the t's and -dot the i's
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of dot the i's and cross the t's.

Example Sentences

"Regional office technical staffs do the main nuts and bolts crossing the "t's" and dotting the "i's", if you will , providing the types of expertise , financial or otherwise , that it is unfair to expect EDRs to have to that degree and that depth."
"[…] at the September signing of the Lusaka Agreement, which, other than straightening out details, really amounted to crossing the t's and dotting the i's; and during the four phases of economic and technical negotiations when, under the cover of building fraternal relations, neocolonial persuasions surfaced."

Inflected Forms

crosses the t's and dots the i's (present, singular) crossing the t's and dotting the i's (participle, present) crossed the t's and dotted the i's (participle, past) crossed the t's and dotted the i's (past)

Questions

What does cross the t's and dot the i's mean?: Alternative form of dot the i's and cross the t's.

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