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fix someone's flint

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
fix -some-one's flint
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of put a spoke in someone's wheel (“to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design”).

Inflected Forms

fixes someone's flint (present, singular) fixing someone's flint (participle, present) fixed someone's flint (participle, past) fixed someone's flint (past)

Synonyms

put a spoke in someone's wheel

Questions

What does fix someone's flint mean?
Synonym of put a spoke in someone's wheel (“to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design”).

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