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gather one's wits

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
gath-er one's wits
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of collect one's thoughts.

Inflected Forms

gathers one's wits (present, singular) gathering one's wits (participle, present) gathered one's wits (participle, past) gathered one's wits (past)

Synonyms

collect one's thoughts

Questions

What does gather one's wits mean?
Synonym of collect one's thoughts.

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