Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dug one's heels in

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
dug one's heel-s in
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does dug one's heels in mean?
simple past and past participle of dig one's heels in

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