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cutting down the tall poppy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
cut-ting -down the -tal-l pop-py
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cut down the tall poppy

Questions

What does cutting down the tall poppy mean?
present participle and gerund of cut down the tall poppy

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