Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutting down to size

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
cut-ting -down -to -size
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cut down to size

Questions

What does cutting down to size mean?
present participle and gerund of cut down to size

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