Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuts down the tall poppy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
cut-s -down the -tal-l pop-py
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does cuts down the tall poppy mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of cut down the tall poppy

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