Speakur

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flying in the face of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
fly-ing in the -face of
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fly in the face of

Questions

What does flying in the face of mean?
present participle and gerund of fly in the face of

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