Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crossing the t's and dotting the i's

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
cross-ing the t's and -dot-ting the i's
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cross the t's and dot the i's

Questions

What does crossing the t's and dotting the i's mean?
present participle and gerund of cross the t's and dot the i's

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